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Filter by:This study focuses on providing clinical care to patients undergoing VSD drainage surgery for chronic wounds, while also paying attention to the impact of negative emotions such as depression and anxiety, as well as quality of life and social support, on the patients' physical and mental well-being. It observes the influence of psychology on patients.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the clinical performance of a new Negative Pressure Wound Therapy dressing in the management of chronic and acute wounds.
In this research, the patients with chronic wounds accompanied by pain were treated by injecting freshly manufactured tissue permeable hyaluronan fragment HA35 into the tissue under the heath skin immediately surrounding the chronic wounds.
To measure the effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) as an adjunct wound care therapy.
Chronic wound of lower limb. In developed countries, the prevalence of chronic wounds is linked to the ageing of the population and the increase in chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Consequence: amputations of lower limb. The prevalence of chronic wounds is also variable across the globe. In addition, chronic wounds are associated with psychosocial problems such as poor quality of life, loss of professional activity and progressive de-socialization of patients. To improve the quality of care we need in french wound assessment tools validated scientifically like the RESVECH 2.0 scale, validated in the Spanish language.
According to international consensus, information on the level of skin oxygenation is necessary for the diagnostic management of chronic wounds. The measurement of transcutaneous partial oxygen pressure (or TcPO2, according to the acronym) is measurable with a medical device that uses a Clark electrode. Since the medical device in question is expensive and the measurement time-consuming (approximately 45 minutes per patient), the TcPO2 is only rarely accessible (in hospital medicine as in nursing homes) and is therefore not predominant in the clinical decision. The clinical decision is currently mainly based on the result of the ankle blood pressure measurement, which is readily available. The main objective is to study, from the same skin surfaces (same localization of skin sites and same dimensions of each surface in cm²), in patients with cutaneous vascular disorders or chronic wounds, the relationship between (i) the transcutaneous oxygen saturation values (expressed as a percentage) by the innovative non-contact optical imaging device under study (IPAM, method to be validated) and (ii) the transcutaneous partial oxygen pressure values (TcPO2) (expressed in millimeters of mercury, mmHg) measured by the reference medical device (Périflux6000, gold standard).
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are one of the most common reasons for hospitalization of diabetic patients and frequently results in amputation of lower limbs. Of the one million people who undergo non-traumatic leg amputations annually worldwide, 75% are performed on people who have type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The risk of death at 10 years for a diabetic with DFU is twice as high as the risk for a patient without a DFU. The rate of amputation in patients with DFU is 38.4%4. Infection is a common (>50%) complication of DFU. Emerging evidence underscores the significant risk that biofilm infection poses to the non-healing DFU. Biofilms are estimated to account for 60% of chronic wound infections. In the biofilm form, bacteria are in a dormant metabolic state. Thus, standard clinical techniques like the colony forming unit (CFU) assay to detect infection may not detect biofilm infection. Thus, biofilm infection may be viewed as a silent maleficent threat in wound care.
Topical timolol has been used primarily as eye drops to treat glaucoma for many years. Recent clinical experience has broadened its off-label use for a number of skin conditions, including slow-healing wounds. While there have been extensive safety studies performed on timolol administration to treat the eye, to date, no studies have documented absorption of timolol after applied on chronic wounds. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the blood levels of timolol in patients after topical administration to a chronic wound, and compare these levels with those of patients after administration of the same drug formulation on the eye for the indication of glaucoma.
Pain management is a priority axis of health insurance spending objectives and contributes to improving the quality of care.There are several types of pain: acute, chronic and induced. These are often found in the management of chronic wounds. The high prevalence of chronic wounds represents a major public health problem. Chronic wounds require long, painful and regular treatment. When dressing these wounds, pain management is essential. Indeed, it can generate healing delays. Usually, pharmacological methods are used to reduce the pain induced by care. But these methods can lead to undesirable effects. Thus, new non-pharmacological techniques are emerging.The investigators therefore wish to assess the effect of virtual reality on pain induced by care during the repair of dressings in the management of chronic wounds.
This prospective clinical trial will compare the bacterial burden in the wound bed and on the periwound skin before and after mechanical debridement with EZ Debride using fluorescence imaging. After consenting, the ulcers of eligible subjects are measured, photographed and undergo the MolecuLight imaging procedure (MLiX). The ulcer is mechanically debridement with the EZ Debride device after which a second MLiX procedure is performed. The investigator will then compare the two images.