April 30, 2012 — Floral honey as a secondary dressing can promote healing, minimize slough and necrosis, and reduce the affected area of many types of wounds, according to a prospective ...

Slough may be seen in clumps, scattered, or completely covering a wound base. Its presence indicates tissue injury of stage III or higher pressure ulcers. Slough will never be present in a stage ...

Documentation of the tissue type is required for completion of the long-term care Resident Assessment Instrument and Minimum Data Set 3.0. If the wound bed is covered with eschar or slough ...

December 19, 2011 — Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) appears to be more effective for wound debridement compared with conventional therapy, but only at 1 week; after that time, another type of ...

Advanced Wound Care Specialists opened on April 8 at 1600 6th Ave., Suite 106, in Spring Garden Township. The practice is led by Dr. John Green and offers treatment for chronic and complex wounds.