Wound bed preparation is a critical component of wound healing. It includes removing necrotic tissue, controlling infection, and promoting an environment conducive to tissue regeneration. ...
Integral debridement is an advanced approach to wound bed preparation that involves the synergistic use of multiple debridement techniques to optimize wound healing. Learn more about how this strategy...
In this roundtable interview, a panel of experts shares their experience and top pearls for incorporating integral debridement into clinical practice....
Patient-centered care is a philosophy that stresses communication, collaboration, and health promotion while also respecting patients' expectations, autonomy, and values. It is at the heart of global ...
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON
Finding the key to unlocking a non-healing chronic wound keeps us awake at night. Though we have, as bedside clinicians, learned much about the physiology and b...
By Ronald A. Sherman, MD
The year 2019 began with a shadow over the field of biosurgery and a dark cloud over American health care: BioMonde, currently the largest producer of medicinal maggots in ...
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS
Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the most dreaded complications of diabetes, and represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It is estimate...
Wound debridement is a critical strategy in treating hard-to-heal wounds. It is a process that expedites healing by removing necrotic tissue, non-viable tissue, and foreign material. It can also be us...
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS
There are four main types of debridement: mechanical, autolytic, enzymatic, and surgical. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let’s take a lo...