Agreement provides MIMEDX with exclusive rights to Turn’s PermaFusion® proprietary antimicrobial intellectual property (IP), accelerating the product development pipeline for wound and surgical ...

Monitoring surgical wounds after an operation is an important step to prevent infection, wound separation and other complications. However, when the surgical site is deep in the body, monitoring is ...

A surgical wound may look fine at discharge—but infections often appear later. Here’s what increases your risk, how to prevent it, and the warning signs you should never ignore. (Image: Pexels) ...

Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anthony Silva, MBBS, MSc, presented the findings at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting ...

The observation of a previously undetected biological mechanism for closing gaps in living tissue improves basic understanding of the wound-healing process and may one day inform strategies to speed ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

Between 2005 and 2016, there was an increase in both the number of surgical operations for gunshot wounds and the severity of injuries, according to a new study. The cost of hospitalizations also rose ...

Surgical staples are used to close incisions after surgery. Staples may be a better option in some cases than stitches or sutures. Unlike stitches, surgical staples don’t dissolve as your incision or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...