Atrophie blanche and acroangiodermatitis: skin changes secondary to chronic venous insufficiency
The annual congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, has just been held in Madrid.This event is always a perfect occasion to...
How do we manage clean wounds secondary to dermatological procedures?
Dermatology is a specialty in which we perform daily invasive processes (cryotherapy, laser, electrocoagulation, biopsies, extirpations), with the consequent production of wounds that are...
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...
Why do calcifications occur in chronic skin ulcers?
Since this is not an unusual finding, but there is little scientific literature on it, I will dedicate today's post to dystrophic calcifications in...
The interest of pH in wound healing
Although it's not something we think about or measure in our daily clinical practice, maintaining an adequate pH in the wound bed is essential...
Essential Decalogue in the fight against venous hypertension
Summer heat is synonymous with temptation of the patient with venous insufficiency to leave compressive therapy on hold for a few months... Therefore, summer...
Metalloproteinases in chronic wounds: the problem of uncontrolled destructive activity
As we commented in the post “Brief overview of wound healing”, regardless of their cause, all chronic ulcers share a common characteristic: an abnormally...
Overgranulation: when the wound bed is over-activated.
Overgranulation is a problem we frequently find in our clinical practice. However, few has been published about this topic in the medical literature. The...
Why do we use so many alginate fibre sheets in our wound clinic?
The alginate fibre sheet is, without doubt, the most commonly used dressing in our wound clinic. We treat mainly leg ulcers, which are predominantly...
Factitial ulcer: a silent cry for help
The mind and skin arise from the same embryonic layer, the ectoderm. This common origin helps to understand many skin disorders with associated psychological...