Passive Movement Exercise of the Lower Limbs May Facilitate Wound Healing in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers are a frequent and serious complication of diabetes with a high risk of amputation. Exercise has been shown to promote wound healing; however, patients with non-healing foot ulcers have limited ability to exercise due to the foot ulcer. Other strategies are therefore warranted.

The chronic wound characterisation study and biobank: a study protocol for a prospective observational cohort investigation of bacterial community composition, inflammatory responses and wound-healing trajectories in non-healing wounds.

Introduction: Chronic wounds affect 1%-2% of the global population, with rising incidence due to ageing and lifestyle-related diseases. Bacterial biofilms, found in 80% of chronic wounds, and scattered single-cell bacteria may hinder healing. Microbes are believed to negatively impact healing by exacerbating inflammation and host immune response.

Gentamicin and clindamycin antibiotic-eluting depot technology eradicates in an implant-associated osteomyelitis pig model without systemic antibiotics.

The therapeutic challenges of orthopedic device-related infections and emerging antimicrobial resistance have attracted attention to drug delivery technologies. This study evaluates the preclinical efficacy of local single- and dual-antibiotic therapy against implant-associated osteomyelitis (IAO) using a drug-eluting depot technology, CarboCell, that provides sustained release of high-dose antibiotics and allows for strategic placement in relation to infectious lesions. Clindamycin and gentamicin were formulated in CarboCell compositions.

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Orthopaedic surgical infections, in Denmark, are managed heterogeneously, both within the orthopaedic surgical and the clinical microbiological specialty. More uniform guidelines for sampling and clinical microbiological diagnostics for suspected orthopedic surgical infections would be appropriate. The purpose of this review is therefore to initiate a process aiming for consensus on sampling methods of tissue materials and fluids and clinical microbiological sample handling.