3 results match your criteria: "Pioneer Sussex Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres.[Affiliation]"
Implementing a new regimen to manage a difficult-to-heal lymphovenous leg ulcer.
Br J Nurs
August 2023
Director of Nursing (Community), Pioneer Sussex Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres.
The case study described in this article shows the use of different approaches and techniques that need to be utilised when treating patients presenting with a combination of venous and lymphatic disease (lymphovenous) in order to improve complex wound outcomes. The author highlights how lymphoedema can affect the wound healing process by increasing the risk of recurrent infection and a hardening of the tissues (fibrosis), reducing oxygenation and lymphatic flow to the wound, leading to chronic complex wounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVenous and lymphovenous lower limb wound outcomes in specialist UK wound and lymphoedema clinics.
Br J Nurs
August 2023
Clinical Director of Research, Pioneer Sussex Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres.
Unlabelled: This article explores the impact of combining tissue viability and lymphoedema techniques on optimising time to healing.
Aim: To investigate the healing rates observed in patients who presented to wound and lymphoedema specialist clinics, located in the south eastern region of England, with venous/lymphovenous ulceration of the lower limb during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2022 (30 months in all).
Methodology: A retrospective analysis of patient outcomes.