Prologue: transformational healing solutions

Abstract

In recent years, the provision of wound care for patients has dramatically improved through the development of new therapeutic options, allowing for a wide range of wound care therapy choices. In June 2014, an educational International Surgical Wound Forum (ISWF) was held to present current options in wound care to a multidisciplinary group of healthcare providers. Topics included negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d), surgical incision management (SIM), use of NPWT in the management of the open abdomen, epidermal skin harvesting, and advanced wound dressings. This supplement provides in-depth discussion of some of the topics covered at the 2014 ISWF.

Keywords: epidermal skin harvesting; instillation therapy; negative pressure wound therapy; surgical incision management; wound dressings.