Main description:

This book introduces readers to the latest developments regarding pressure injury wounds, diabetic wounds, and negative pressure wound therapy. The first part exclusively deals with wounds from pressure ulcers, describing in detail their prevention, classification, and treatment. In turn, chapters addressing diabetic wounds form the middle part of the book. Here, the authors provide guidance on the medication and treatment (e.g. stem cells, laser) of patients suffering from this disease. The book's last part, which focuses on negative pressure wound therapy, addresses all major aspects of this approach, reflecting the latest research. Illustrated with a wealth of high-quality pictures throughout, the book offers a unique resource for both beginners and experienced plastic surgeons.

Contents:

Part 1: Vascular Surgery
The Gatti Score and the Risk of Deep Sternal Wound Infection after Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting.-Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in Vascular Surgery.-Deep Sternal Infection Following Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting.-Deep Sternal Wound Infection after Cardiac Surgery.-Pedicled and Skeletonized Single and Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts and the Incidence of Sternal Wound Complications.
Part 2: Neurosurgery.Wound Management and Wound Infections in Neurosurgery.
Part 3: Lower Extremity UlcersVenous Ulcers: General Information.
Part 4: Antimicrobial Therapy
Review of Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin with Special Emphasis in Burn Wound Patients.-Bacteriology of Naja Atra Snakebite Wound and its Implications for Antibiotic Therapy.
Part 5: Wound Assessment, Care, Measurement.-Managing Patients with Fistulas.-Wound Measurement, Score.-Influence of Sensory Innervation on Epithelial Renewal and Wound Healing.
Part 6: Wound Repair.-Reconstructive Options of Abdominal Wounds in the Setting of Abdominal Wall Defects and Hernia.-Adipose Tissue for Wound Repair.-Prevascularized Stem Cell Sheet for Full Thickness Skin Wound Repair.
Part 7: Quality of Life.-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment-Wound Module to Brazilian Portuguese