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Randomized data ‘debunks’ widely used negative pressure wound therapy
“How did an ineffective and costly intervention become routine care in the NHS [UK National Health Service]?” Ian Chetter, MBChB, chair of surgery at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull in Hull, England, posed at the 39th European Society…
Wound healing in space: Vascular surgeons produce wide-ranging review
How a group of vascular surgeons is working to plug gaps in knowledge and inspire colleagues to recognize the specialty’s essential role in future space travel. It’s not so much a case of where-no-vascular-surgeon-has-gone-before as making sure aspects of the…
Early vascular evaluation can ‘significantly supplement’ wound healing and limit resource waste
“Our findings ultimately suggest that vascular evaluation within six weeks of wound appearance can significantly supplement wound healing in wound centers,” said Saranya Sundaram, MD, vascular surgery resident (PGY-3) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, presenting data…
Early vascular evaluation can ‘significantly supplement’ wound healing and limit resource waste
“Our findings ultimately suggest that vascular evaluation within six weeks of wound appearance can significantly supplement wound healing in wound centers,” said Saranya Sundaram, MD, vascular surgery resident (PGY-3) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, presenting data…
Cyclical-pressure Topical Wound Oxygen therapy emerges as a proven wound-healing device for diabetic foot ulcers, showing great promise in venous leg ulcers
This advertorial is sponsored by AOTI. Enrico Ascher, MD, and Natalie Marks, MD, currently combine for close to 60 years of vascular surgery practice experience in New York City’s 3 million-strong populous borough of Brooklyn. Between them they see a…
FDA approves LimFlow system for ‘no-option’ CLTI patients
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced approval of LimFlow therapy—a novel and minimally invasive procedure designed to bypass blockages in arteries of the legs and restore blood flow for many thousands of people suffering from chronic limb-threatening ischemia…
Cyclical topical wound oxygen therapy: A new generation of wound healing device showing sustained results
This advertorial is sponsored by AOTI. In the beginning, it took a little convincing for Anil Hingorani, MD, to come around to the idea that cyclical Topical Wound Oxygen Therapy (TWO2) could be the sort of device he would add…
Wound healing research earns SVS Foundation prize, place on VAM stage
University of Michigan resident and Vascular Specialist resident/fellow editor Christopher Audu, MD, has been granted the SVS Foundation Resident Research Award for 2022. And, already, he is looking ahead to where the research might go next, and the wider importance…
Select gene SNPs found to be associated with venous ulcer formation and persistence
Looking to the future, genetic testing may play a role in guiding the intensity of therapeutic interventions and preventive strategies in patients with venous disease. This finding comes from a case-control study on the clinical implications of genetic variation of…
SCVS 2022: WIfI score does not predict successful healing after transmetatarsal amputation, study finds
A higher initial Wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIfI) classification score at initial presentation in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients who underwent a transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) was not associated with a major amputation down the road, according to a retrospective…