Negative pressure wound therapy: application, indications and is there more we could use it for?

NPWT promotes wound healing by delivering negative pressure (a vacuum) at a wound site through an applied dressing. The wound edges are drawn together (Goldsworthy and Mcalinden, 2011), any infectious...

The role of antimicrobials in wound dressings

The evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the clinical challenge they pose to wound management has been well publicised (Guyot and...