Cryo-Pneumatic Compression Results in a Significant Decrease in Opioid Consumption After Shoulder Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The management of pain after shoulder surgery typically includes the use of cryotherapy and the prescription of opioid analgesics. Much focus has been placed lately on the opioid epidemic, which in part is fueled by excessive prescription of opioid medication. Previous studies have found a combination of cryotherapy and compression effective at reducing analgesic consumption and increasing recovery in patients undergoing knee and spine surgery; however, efficacy in patients undergoing shoulder surgery has not been evaluated.

Growth factors for treating chronic venous leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chronic venous leg ulcers (VLU) are wounds that commonly occur due to venous insufficiency. Many growth factors have been introduced over the past two decades to treat VLU. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the impact of growth factor treatments of VLU in comparison to control for complete wound healing, percent reduction in wound area, time to wound healing, and adverse events.

Evaluation of wound fluid biomarkers to determine healing in adults with venous leg ulcers: A prospective study.

Clinical practice guidelines recommend using repeated wound surface area measurements to determine if a chronic ulcer is healing. This results in delays in determining the healing status. This study aimed to evaluate whether any of a panel of biomarkers can determine the healing status of chronic venous leg ulcers.

Reliability and measurement error of digital planimetry for the measurement of chronic venous leg ulcers.

Area measurements of a chronic wound are the gold standard outcome measure to determine if a wound is on a healing or nonhealing trajectory. The use of digital planimetry can provide increased accuracy in measuring wound area however it is important to know the reliability and measurement error of these devices when used by multiple assessors. The aim of this study is to determine the within rater, between rater, and standard error of measurement of a digital planimetry device.