Clinical Trials

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD At the beginning of a new year, many look back at the previous one in an attempt to analyze what happened, whether it was good or bad or perhaps even special. ...

When determining the course of action for treating a given wound, it is important that wound care clinicians evaluate how advanced wound care therapies have been deemed evidence based and how the spec...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN I just finished attending my first professional conference of the year. It was a combined meeting of the Wound Care Institute and the South Central Region ...

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD Merriam Webster defines bias as "selecting or encouraging one outcome or answer over others." The Cochrane handbook states: "The reliability of the results of a randomize...

by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Pete Seeger died a year ago last January at the age of 94. Reading a tribute to the folk singer, I ran across his most memorable tune, "Where have all th...

by Ivy Razmus, RN, PhD, CWOCN As we continually focus on improving our skills in prevention and management of skin and wounds, we are beginning to understand that one size does not fit all; or, in ...

By Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine Journal Review Club The advancement of technology and the introduction of the World Wide Web have allowed information to be a click of a button awa...

By Keval Parikh and James McGuire DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWHc An important aspect of the field of wound care is the proper preparation of the wound bed. Key points in wound bed preparation include minimi...