Post-Operative Care

After an injury or surgery, the body responds by forming scar tissue. Scar formation is a normal part of the wound healing process, but not all scars are the same. Some scars form in only the superfic...

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are wound infections that occur after invasive surgical procedures. Depending on the location of the wound and the level of post-operative care that the patient receive...

By Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS Conceived in the operating theater and born in the home, surgical site infections (SSIs) reach maturity in the outpatient wound clinic. The woundologist, whether surgi...

By the WoundSource Editors The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States has been increasing annually by as much as 300% over a 10-year period. Although technological advances in...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP When marking a patient for a stoma, it is important to consider the practice based on evidence acquired by the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) nurse during tra...

By Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN Monday came with expectations of fixing the problem. It wasn't to be. Daryl was weak and hated the NG tube in his nose and throat. I arrived early at his ...

By Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA The ancients sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, su...