Diabetic Ulcers | Venous Ulcers | Pressure Ulcers | Burns | Trauma Cases | Others The catalog contains scientific clinical data on the use of SilverStream for the treatment of various types of wounds. A group of experts evaluated the clinical use of SilverStream…
N. Park DPM, G. Gu. MD, M. Yao MD, MPH, J. Ring MSN, ANP-BC, V. Driver, MS, DPM, FACFAS Clinical Research Limb Preservation and Wound Care, Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine BACKGROUND Silver has been a…
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…
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…
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…
