Common treatment for venous leg wounds includes topical wound dressings with compression. At each dressing change, wounds are debrided and washed; however, the effect of the washing procedure on the [...]

Wound bed temperature measurement holds the potential to be a safe, easy to use, and low-cost tool to aid objective wound bed assessment, clinical decision making and improved patient outcomes. [...]

Broad and deep perianal wounds are challenging in both adult and pediatric ICUs. These wounds, if contaminated with gastrointestinal flora, can cause invasive sepsis and death, and recovery can be [...]

Keloid and hypertrophic scarring are common following acute wounds. However, the variability in scarring outcomes between individuals and in particular, the association between genetic factors and scarring, is not well [...]

To review the clinical and scientific literature on the subjective ways of assessing burn scars and describe their main characteristics.The Latin American, Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Nursing Database, PubMed, CINAHL, [...]