Compression Therapy

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Patients who come in with venous insufficiency ulcers and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) should be evaluated for compromised vasc...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Arterial ulcers can cause much pain for patients and consternation for the wound care professionals tasked with managing them. Arterial ulcers can be a ...

By Janet Wolfson PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA Acute care wound or edema professionals are bombarded with multiple kinds of edema that can be treated in many ways—and with many choices of compression gar...

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA Reflecting back on "In the Trenches With Lymphedema," WoundSource's June Practice Accelerator webinar, many people sent in questions. I have addressed some...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Compression therapy is the “gold standard” for the treatment of venous ulcers. However, compression therapy is not a one-size-fits-all treatment and th...

By Alton R. Johnson Jr, DPM Four weeks ago, I was granted the privilege to treat a patient with type 2 diabetes with neuropathy who presented to the wound care center after developing a full-thick...

By the WoundSource Editors Edema is the abnormalaccumulation of excess fluid within tissue. The swelling associated with edema can be localized to a small area following an acute injury, it can aff...

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA I have blogged in the past about the Lymphedema Treatment Act (LTA), and I'm happy to report that the LTA is now a federal law, which was passed on Decembe...

By Aletha Tippett MD Once the individual has been thoroughly assessed for palliative care and his or her objectives and needs have been discussed, the wound care provider must determine the wound m...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS We've all experienced difficulty in getting dressings to stay on for as long as we need them to, especially when there are many commercial dressings tha...