Volume 6
Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds
Series Editors
Melvin A. Shiffman and Mervin Low
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15695 This book series addresses a multitude of subjects and surgical specialties as well as recent research in wounds. Each volume covers a specific area and helps many physician, podiatrist, or nurse to care for and manage wounds anywhere on the body. The chapters are written by international specialists in wound care, diagnosis and treatment as well as by researchers in various up-to-date methods of treatment.
Editors
Melvin A. Shiffman and Mervin Low
Chronic Wounds, Wound Dressings and Wound Healing
1st ed. 2021
Editors
Melvin A. Shiffman
Tustin, CA, USA
Mervin Low
Newport Beach, CA, USA
ISSN 2524-4590 e-ISSN 2524-4604
Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds
ISBN 978-3-030-10697-3 e-ISBN 978-3-030-10698-0
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10698-0
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Foreword
It is a great honour for me to be invited to provide a foreword for the series of six books edited by Dr. Shiffman and Dr. Low which cover a broad expanse of subjects relevant to and important in the care of patients with wounds.
Wounds have existed since the beginning of time and, until recent years, have received scant attention unless major conflicts developed which necessitated innovation in the treatment of patients with wounds. However, in recent years there has been an increasing interest in this subject as evidenced by the explosion of journals, meetings, societies and associations and initiatives that have been developed in this field.
The need for an academic underpinning of the subject of wound healing is without question. Research papers published in recent years have undoubtedly enhanced the scientific basis for wound healing. This, coupled with demographic changes in many countries around the world, has led to increasing numbers of patients developing wounds or wound healing problems. It is recognised that in the vast majority of geographies globally that the number of patients with wounds are increasing in everything other than major burns where better health and safety initiatives have been an effective preventive strategy.
This series of books attempts to deal with, not only subjects that are normally seen in wound healing text but also provides a huge amount of space to the management of wounds seen in surgical practice, both general and specialist surgery. The sections on infection are an attempt to deal with a very common but poorly managed clinical problem and one that requires urgent attention in view of the global challenge of antimicrobial stewardship. The tradition chronic wounds are also included and provide a medical as well as a nursing and paramedical focus on these subjects.
It is particularly pleasing to see books and chapters focused on specialised surgical practice as these are areas that are rarely covered in other educational products in this area. The opportunity for new therapies, measuring a range of effective and appropriate outcomes and the use of new technologies are all included.
For those of us who work in the area of wound healing, these books will unquestionably be an important reference source. For those readers who are wanting to get an insight into this common, expensive and complex problem, they will without doubt find the content of these books an important source of informed opinion and refer to the rapidly expanding evidence base that is developing in this subject area.
I would urge you to immerse yourself in these books. Read, reflect and consider how information that you have had access to can and I will change your clinical practice.
Keith Harding
Preface
We are delighted to have the book on Wounds extended into six volumes. There is so very much medical literature in journals and books that to cover the whole gamut of Wounds would be virtually impossible. We tried to include as many of the experienced practitioners in wound care as possible but many of them are too busy to spend the time committing to submitting a chapter.
The selection of topics in each of the volumes was decided by how many authors responded to each of the subjects. As usual in editing a book, many authors who agreed to submit manuscripts may finally decide that they were not available to complete the chapters. We contacted or tried to contact over 1500 authors, and the responses were mainly no response or not as good as expected.
The volumes include the following:
Biofilm, Pilonidal Cysts and Sinuses
Burns, Infections and Wound Management
Pressure Injury, Diabetes and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Plastic and Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology
Vascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Lower Extremity Ulcers, Antimicrobials, Wound Assessment, Care, Measurement and Repair
Chronic Wounds, Wound Dressings and Wound Healing
There are many expert international contributors who have worked in various aspects of wound research as well as clinical practice. We have tried to have chapters that involved humans and in vivo results and avoided as much as possible animals and in vitro results. Chapter conclusions are those of the Authors and may not be the same as those of the Editors. At times the chapter may appear cumbersome, but the authors try to show some proof of their results. Language difficulties are common when translated into English so that grammar, spelling and sometimes words have to be corrected.
Hopefully, the readers will get information that adds to their care and treatment of patients. Researchers may gain knowledge of other researchers progress and improve on the results or can continue their work in other directions. Controversy is many times a good thing since looking in other directions to prove or disprove a result can improve knowledge. We have a long way to go to be able to treat all wounds properly and successfully in as short a time as possible.