Chronic wounds remain a major health care challenge, especially for people with diabetes, who often experience delayed ...

Chronic wounds remain a major healthcare challenge, especially for people with diabetes, who often experience delayed healing ...

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Wound closure and healing. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For further ...

Skin is our protective barrier from the outside world, and it is highly susceptible to damage. To prevent infection, restore ...

Two prospective cohorts (n = 39) enrolled chronic infected diabetic ulcers nonresponsive to ≥ 3 months of standard care, with frequent assessments (~3 visits/week) and outcomes spanning closure, ...

In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Biologics, a biopharmaceutical company advancing novel biologic therapies for chronic wounds, tissue repair, and degenerative disease, ...

When it comes to treating complex wounds, few innovations rival the transformative power of vacuum-assisted wound closure, also known as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). At the Wound Center of ...

Incisional surgical site infection (iSSI) is the most common complication after stoma closure, with reported rates varying from 2 to 41% 1,2. The aim of this study was to compare iSSI rates in ...