Medicare coverage of skin substitute grafts that can be used on chronic, non-healing diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers is moving closer to reality. The Medicare Administrative Contractors in late ...

Between 2011 and 2019, chronic cutaneous wounds accounted for about one third of all healthcare visits for cutaneous wounds, and the most common diagnoses were open wounds of the thumb without nail ...

Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, MD, advocates for a holistic approach to wound care, emphasizing that chronic ulcers often signal underlying systemic health issues requiring a comprehensive patient assessment ...

The runaway costs of skin substitutes for treating chronic wounds have experts and accountable care organizations (ACOs) sounding the alarm, and new rules targeting profiteering in the industry are ...

Diabetic foot ulcers can be slow to heal and prone to recurring. A new study employed an existing method, used on burns patients, to assess the degree of water loss from the skin and found that it was ...

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

Diabetic foot ulcer outcomes such as amputation and premature death are more likely in hospitalized patients with ESKD. Among patients with diabetic foot ulcer, those with end-stage kidney disease ...

A 27-year-old male civil servant presented to a hospital in India with noduloulcerative lesions on both lower limbs. At presentation, the patient also had a low-grade continuous fever, malaise and ...

People with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), an inflammatory skin condition that causes painful, deep-seated abscesses in skin folds, are usually well aware of other health problems it can cause.