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 ...

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

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 ...

A 65-year-old man presented with penile drainage and foul odour 3 months after undergoing partial penectomy for the treatment ...

Q: Should I use collagenase or manuka honey for pressure ulcers? A: What is the best treatment option for necrotic wounds — collagenase or manuka honey? Though collagenase is often suggested for ...

A volunteer registered nurse treats a xylazine-associated wound at a clinic in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Matt Rourke/AP Before xylazine, most of the wounds we treated were skin ...

An 81-year-old man with an unclear remote history of right knee surgery developed significant osteoarthritis with severe valgus and flexion contracture deformity of the right knee. He underwent a ...

Coumadin-induced skin necrosis (CISN) is also known as warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN). It is a rare, unpredictable complication in response to oral anticoagulant therapy (warfarin), which is ...