Avulsion wounds of the skin are typically a severe type of skin injury. These wounds often require surgery to repair. While the treatment and care of avulsion wounds will depend on how severe the ...

Chronic wounds affect thousands of patients each year and can lead to serious complications, including amputation and death.

CMS spending on skin substitutes is rising. New policies are an important first step in reform to ensure patient access and ...

Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

A few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and most ...

CANTON, Mass., March 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:ORGO), a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of ...

Cuts and wounds are injuries involving an external or internal break in body tissue, which can be caused by an external action and include bruising, cuts and hematomas. Wounds are extremely common, ...

Because non-pressure wounds are typically less understood across all levels of long-term care, they often receive less concern and fewer inquiries from families, according to Japa Volchok, DO, VP of ...

The REHEAL Glove was developed to promote faster healing of hand injuries. The human hand is complex, made up of 27 bones connected by joints and ligaments. The hand is also delicate and vulnerable, ...

An embryo starts out as just a single cell. It’s not long before it divides into two cells, then four, then eight, and so on — a process marked by rapid growth, in which these early, unspecialized ...