17 January 2017
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Nast and colleagues recently wrote about how silicone products can improve a scar's presentation, along with reducing the risk of hypertrophic scar formation or helping accelerate its resolution. This of course has relevance for those individuals with a predisposition to abnormal scarring such as those
6 January 2017
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Jennifer Hurlow and colleagues recently wrote in Advances in Wound Care an excellent overview of the current understanding of biofilms and their management. I particularly enjoyed the section on "take-home messages" where the following statement was made
2 January 2017
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A/Prof Geoff Sussman's excellent presentation at the 2016 Wounds Australia Conference has been reproduced in the December 2016 edition of Wound Practice and Research. Geoff discusses the matter of antimicrobial resistance and he reaffirms the WHO 2014 statement that
21 December 2016
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Thank you to all my friends and colleagues for your marvellous support for The Wound Guy throughout the year.
I am looking forward to sharing a fabulous 2017 with you all and wish each of you a happy festive season as 2016 draws to its close.
Kind
17 December 2016
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Dr Adam Johnson describes how poorly controlled blood glucose leads to the loss of elasticity and shock absorption capacity of tendon, ligaments and skin. He suggests that these changes in combination with alterations in the foot's bony architecture results in the elevated risk of foot ulceration
8 December 2016
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An article written by the Queensland University of Technology research team of Parker, Finlayson & Edwards and published in the November 2016 edition of the Journal of Wound Care, describes a range of clinical predictors for delayed healing in venous leg ulcers. The list of
1 December 2016
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The UK's Lindsay Leg Club network reports that :
1. Leg ulcers are half as likely to recur in Leg Club Members as in other leg ulcer suffers in the UK
2. The majority of healed ulcers within the network achieve healing in 2 months
3. The Leg
30 November 2016
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Kristin Osborn is a specialist lymphoedema & lipoedema therapist in Newcastle NSW. She is a member of the Australasian Lymphology Association and a regular presenter on this subject throughout the Hunter region. Kristin has kindly consented to having her contact details and website address added
25 November 2016
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I am thrilled to announce that from mid December 2016 I am joining the Mt Wilga Private Hospital team for two days per week as educator and clinician in wound, continence and lymphoedema management. The Wound Guy enterprise continues to expand and the alliance with
21 November 2016
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Thank you to Uniting and Molnlycke for inviting me to present to a very motivated and dedicated team of RNs.
When I think of so many of our aged residents, I am reminded of the quote by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross :
"The most beautiful people we have known