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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Please Do not Bury Me in That Hyperbaric Chamber

July 29, 2016
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Fans of folk singer John Prine will recognize the homey lyrics describing his views on organ donation. Sitting at my desk a few weeks ago with John Prine...

Radiation Necrosis and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

April 8, 2013
By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Radiation necrosis can be defined as cell death as a result of high doses of radiation as used with aggressive tumors. The dead cells caused by the loss of blood flo...

Responding to an Online Medical Practice Review: A Case Review

September 23, 2015
By Robert Striks, Special Writer, Encompass HealthCare & Wound Medicine I know, I know. You can get more bees with honey than vinegar. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. If you ...

Standardizing Clinical Trial Endpoints in Wound Healing

March 17, 2016
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Recently, I had the pleasure of attending Puccini's opera Turandot at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. In my favorite scene, young prince Calef comes...

Stepping Up Wound Care: Advanced Wound Care Products

July 31, 2022
Wound repair and regeneration comprise a complex process of biological and molecular events that consists of cell migration and proliferation, along with extracellular matrix deposition and remodeling...

The Challenge of Lower Extremity Wounds – Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Part 3

August 17, 2017
By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS In this last of our three-part series on lower extremity wounds, we will focus our attention on diabetic foot/neuropathic ulcers. Research indicates that the United State...

The Diabetic Foot: An Overview

May 30, 2013
By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Diabetes is the number one cause of amputation for wound care patients. Individuals with diabetes need monitoring and education about the dangers they face on a dail...

The Evolution of Wound Care and Woundology

February 10, 2016
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA In 1972, Stephen J. Gould, the renowned paleontologist and masterful essayist, published the theory of punctuated equilibrium in which he challenged the ...
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