Timolol for chronic wounds?
The idea of talking about topical timolol in non-healing wounds came to my mind during the recent World Congress of Dermatology
Before continuing, I would...
Why do we continue to use topical antibiotics in clean wounds after dermatologic procedures?
The unnecessary use of topical antibiotics in clean acute wounds is an issue I spoke about 4 years ago in the post "How do...
Gauzes soaked in astringent and antiseptic products for wounds and perilesional skin
I've wanted to talk about this "dermatological" practice for a long time. I say "dermatological" because astringent and antiseptic products are a very widespread...
Compression therapy after dermatologic surgery on the leg
The truth is that I could also have titled this pearl "Compression therapy beyond venous leg ulcers". In fact, as I have commented in...
Therapeutic Pearl: Punch grafting in suboptimal wound beds
I have already talked about this topic in different blog entries (Punch grafting= a classic back in fashion, Interest of early punch grafting in...
Distraction as analgesic strategy during dressing changes
Professionals involved in wound management know that dressing changes represent an enormously stressful factor for patients, mainly because of the associated pain. Pain has...
Punch grafting: a classic back in fashion
The 8th Congress of the SEHER (Spanish Wound Healing Society) has just been held in Madrid https://www.congresoheridas.com/index.php/programa. Once again, this scientific meeting has been...
Silver sulfadiazine: adored by some, detested by others.
Silver sulfadiazine cream (better known by its commercial names) remains, since the 70s, in the top of products used in wound healing, predominantly in...
Myofibroblast: the great ignored in wound healing
And why did I just remember the myofibroblast? Because a lot has been said about it in the Journées Cicatrisations 2019 (National Congress of the...
Chronic venous insufficiency from a dermatological perspective
"Chronic venous insufficiency from a dermatological perspective." This was the title of my lecture at the 7th Congress of the Spanish Society of Wounds...