Volume 53 - Issue 9 - September, 2007
Industry Insider
09/01/2007
Next generation therapy system reaps early success
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) announced favorable results from initial customer placements of its next generation V.A.C.® Therapy System, InfoV.A.C.®
The new system’s...
Next generation therapy system reaps early success
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) announced favorable results from initial customer placements of its next generation V.A.C.® Therapy System, InfoV.A.C.®
The new system’s...
Next generation therapy system...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
09/01/2007
Your patient presents with a history of ovarian carcinoma, 2 years post pelvic exenteration, chemotherapy, and pelvic radiation therapy. She has a colostomy and an ileal conduit. She now is experiencing extremely high output from her...
Your patient presents with a history of ovarian carcinoma, 2 years post pelvic exenteration, chemotherapy, and pelvic radiation therapy. She has a colostomy and an ileal conduit. She now is experiencing extremely high output from her...
Your patient presents with a...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2007
A General Surgeon and opinion leader in wound care in Colombia, Cesar Jimenez, MD, presided over his country’s first Advanced Wound Care course in September 2006. The audience included general practitioners, nurses, vascular and general...
A General Surgeon and opinion leader in wound care in Colombia, Cesar Jimenez, MD, presided over his country’s first Advanced Wound Care course in September 2006. The audience included general practitioners, nurses, vascular and general...
A General Surgeon and opinion...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
09/01/2007
This issue of OWM is dedicated to wound, ostomy, and continence practitioners around the world. The contributions this month – as every month – come from clinicians who have taken time from their busy, challenging practices to share...
This issue of OWM is dedicated to wound, ostomy, and continence practitioners around the world. The contributions this month – as every month – come from clinicians who have taken time from their busy, challenging practices to share...
This issue of OWM is dedicated...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2007
Hydrofiber® and AQUACEL® are registered trademarks of E.R. Squibb & Sons LCC. ConvaTec Wound Therapeutics™ is a trademark of E.R. Squibb & Sons LCC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Delayed or...
Hydrofiber® and AQUACEL® are registered trademarks of E.R. Squibb & Sons LCC. ConvaTec Wound Therapeutics™ is a trademark of E.R. Squibb & Sons LCC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Delayed or...
Hydrofiber® and AQUACEL® are...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2007
Concerns regarding therapeutic choices that are inexpensive yet offer optimal results have lead to the use of pharmaco-economic analysis (CEA) in different countries.1,2 Cost-effectiveness analysis simultaneously identifies, calculates, and...
Concerns regarding therapeutic choices that are inexpensive yet offer optimal results have lead to the use of pharmaco-economic analysis (CEA) in different countries.1,2 Cost-effectiveness analysis simultaneously identifies, calculates, and...
Concerns regarding therapeutic...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2007
Compression therapy is the standard practice for the treatment and prevention of venous leg ulcers.1-4 Evidence in the literature5,6 demonstrates that compression stockings are more effective than standard short-stretch compression bandages...
Compression therapy is the standard practice for the treatment and prevention of venous leg ulcers.1-4 Evidence in the literature5,6 demonstrates that compression stockings are more effective than standard short-stretch compression bandages...
Compression therapy is the...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2007
How well ostomy patients adapt to their new life depends, to a great extent, on the preservation of peristomal skin integrity. The incidence of peristomal complications that can compromise that integrity cannot be easily determined; a...
How well ostomy patients adapt to their new life depends, to a great extent, on the preservation of peristomal skin integrity. The incidence of peristomal complications that can compromise that integrity cannot be easily determined; a...
How well ostomy patients adapt...
09/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
