This is an excellent question. The "right" answer, until recently, was that patients with clinical signs and symptoms of infection with a positive needle aspirate (ie, organisms on Gram stain of ...

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a devastating disease with considerable mortality and morbidity, and early aggressive surgical debridement of devitalised necrotic tissues has traditionally been ...

Laparoscopic-assisted pancreatic debridement is performed with laparoscopic visualization followed by hand-assisted or laparoscopic necrosectomy through a separate port, or alternatively by creation ...

THE introduction of a satisfactory chemical method for the early débridement of burns would simplify a perplexing problem. For many years attempts have been made to find some agent that would ...

Malodorous, fungating wounds in the final stages of life for a patient with cancer have remained a challenge to physicians and wound care nurses as a result of the incurable nature of the disease and ...

A 47-year-old Dutch man suffered "scrotal necrosis" after receiving a cobra bite to the groin, according to multiple reports. The man was vacationing in South Africa when he received the bite while ...

The global wound debridement market size is anticipated to reach USD 7.17 billion by 2030, expected to expand at a CAGR of 6.2% during the forecast period. Rising cases of injuries that require ...

ArthroCare Corp., a leader in developing state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical products, announced on its website that its WoundWand Debridement Device (WoundWand) is CE (Conformité Européenne ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Osteomyelitis is a microbial infection of the bone. Pediatric osteomyelitis is common and has increased with ...