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The Challenge of Lower Extremity Wounds – Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Part 3

August 17, 2017
By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS In this last of our three-part series on lower extremity wounds, we will focus our attention on diabetic foot/neuropathic ulcers. Research indicates that the United State...

The Challenge of Lower Extremity Wounds – Venous Stasis Ulcers, Part 1

April 20, 2017
By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS Wound clinicians across the nation (and the world) are commonly faced with the difficult task of managing lower extremity wounds. Lower extremity wounds come in many dif...

Tissue Trauma to the Scrotum: An Avoidable Offense

July 1, 2019
By Fabiola Jimenez, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN Have you noticed the tissue trauma that occurs to the posterior aspect of the scrotum? It appears like road rash, partial tissue loss, and denudation. Many t...

Understanding the Braden Scale: Focus on Mobility

May 2, 2019
By Holly Hovan, MSN, RN-BC, APRN-CNS, CWOCN-AP What is mobility? Typically, when we hear the word mobility, we think about our ability to move, with or without assistance. In a long-term care setti...

Venous Leg Ulcer Chronicity and Recurrence: Breaking the Cycle

January 31, 2019
by the WoundSource Editors Chronic non-healing venous ulcer wounds are an economic burden to the health care system and are the most common type of leg ulcer, affecting around 1% of the population,...

Weird Wounds Part 2: Calciphylaxis – "The Heart Attack of the Skin"

April 9, 2020
Picture this: you've been seeing a patient in your wound center for the last several months to treat a slowly healing post-operative abdominal wound. The wound has been gradually responding to an asso...

What Is a Pilonidal Cyst?

November 4, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors A pilonidal cyst is a pimple-like cyst typically located in the sacrococcygeal region of the body, usually near the top of the intergluteal cleft (also referred to as the...
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