Author: Chausha Weitman Cernica, MA, R.N, Wound-care coordinator. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel BACKGROUND Erysipelas is a bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that characteristically extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is a tender, intensely erythematous, indurated plaque with a…
Case Series Study: Department of Emergency Medicine and Traumatology Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center Hartford Hospital; Hartford, CT Study Summary: SilverStream as an Effective Alternative to Surgical Debridement in Chronic Wounds Background Surgical debridement is often required for chronic wounds with stubborn slough…
Authors: Jennifer Gloeckner Powers, MD, Laurel M. Morton, MD, Tania J. Phillips, MD. Department of Dermatology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts BACKGROUND Since chronic wounds are prone to bacterial infections, the clinician looks for more sustainable approaches to reducing bacterial growth than multiple courses of…
Authors: Thomas E. Serena MD FACS FACHM MAPWCA, St. Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA. USA Use of an Ionic Silver Solution for Wound Cleansing and Reduction in Biomaterial BACKGROUND Antisepsis in wound care consists primarily in the use of topical antimicrobials to reduce both platonic…
Authors: Joachim Dissemond, Johannes Georg Böttrich, Horst Braunwarth, Jörg Hilt, Patricia Wilken, Karl-Christian, Münter 6. 2017 Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (DDG). Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | JDDG | 1610-0379/2017/1505 Background Given that the scientific evidence for silver in wound care is generally…
Introduction to Case Study This case study involves a 46-year-old female patient with an 8-month-old non-healing venous ulcer on the lower right leg. The patient, who was overweight, suffered from a stubborn biofilm and an infection-resistant wound that did not respond to multiple prior…
The medical uses of silver include its incorporation into wound dressings to treat external infections, and its use as an antiseptic and disinfectant in medical appliances. Silver is also promoted within alternative medicine in the form of colloidal silver, although this particular application has…
Adam Landsman, DPM, PhD, FACFAS. Chief, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance, and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA ABSTRACT This study represents the first prospective study for the treatment of mildly infected and non-progressive diabetic foot ulcers treated with SilverStream, a clear hypertonic…
Authors: Tali Yaakobi, Noa Cohen-Hadar, Hila Yaron, Eran Hirszowicz, Yariv Simantov, Arie Bass, Amihay Freeman; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Chronic limb wounds are associated with tissue ischemia and are typical in patients…
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