Volume 50 - Issue 9 - September, 2004
Column
Guest Editorial
09/01/2004
An estimated 750,000 Americans and 75,000 Canadians are living with an ostomy.1,2 Both the US and Canada have active wound ostomy continence nursing (WOCN) organizations and volunteer-based ostomy organizations (eg, the United Ostomy...
An estimated 750,000 Americans and 75,000 Canadians are living with an ostomy.1,2 Both the US and Canada have active wound ostomy continence nursing (WOCN) organizations and volunteer-based ostomy organizations (eg, the United Ostomy...
An estimated 750,000...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2004
Amputation of the lower limb is generally seen as an ominous event, with the potential for poor survival. Four-year survival rates have been estimated from 22% to 76% depending on a variety of factors.1 In a study of 1997 hospital...
Amputation of the lower limb is generally seen as an ominous event, with the potential for poor survival. Four-year survival rates have been estimated from 22% to 76% depending on a variety of factors.1 In a study of 1997 hospital...
Amputation of the lower limb...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Contemporary surgical techniques have revolutionized the therapy of persons affected by severe colorectal or urinary bladder disease.
Two approaches, ileoanal reservoir (IAR) and orthotopic bladder reconstruction (neobladder), have...
Contemporary surgical techniques have revolutionized the therapy of persons affected by severe colorectal or urinary bladder disease.
Two approaches, ileoanal reservoir (IAR) and orthotopic bladder reconstruction (neobladder), have...
Contemporary surgical...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
