Introduction The management of lower extremity ulcerations can pose a significant challenge to wound care professionals around the world – this is especially true in instances of concomitant medical issues such as...Continue Reading
Have you noticed there are less bees around? They used to be everywhere you didn’t want them to be—picnics, barbeques, weddings, bar mitzvahs, etc. I just haven’t seen that many lately. I thought they al...Continue Reading
As we make our way through the second decade of this century, two very important questions are being actively discussed by those with an interest in venous disorders. The first question is how best to assure that clinicia...Continue Reading
Chronic venous leg ulcers (VLU) are the result of endothelial damage and leukocyte activation, inflammation and changes in the microcirculation, which leads to persistent elevated venous ambulatory pressures, with eventua...Continue Reading
by Suman Rathbun, MD and Federico Silva, MD In the United States, an estimated 23% of adults have varicose veins, and 6% have more advanced chronic venous disease (CVD), including skin changes and healed...Continue Reading
The ACP Leadership Academy is a year-long program that offers useful knowledge to newly practicing and seasoned professionals alike, and allows them to reach hallmark achievements in the field of phlebology with construct...Continue Reading
by Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM I took a position at OhioHealth, a large not-for-profit health care system based in Columbus, Oh in 2013, and was tasked with creating a vein center within a wound center at OhioHealth Riv...Continue Reading
Dr. Kristina Sanchez is board certified in family medicine, and is a diplomat of the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine. She is also American Vein & Vascular Institute’s “go-to” expert i...Continue Reading
by Dr. Gordon F. Gibbs I recently connected with Dr. Brian Babka, MD, FACSM, to discuss compression stockings’ impact on the athletes he cares for in his nonsurgical sports medicine practice at Northwestern Medicin...Continue Reading
Four weeks. 28 days. In most clinics, that’s only three patient visits. But, when it comes to diabetic foot ulcers, there is much to be accomplished in this very short period of time. The landmark study done by Dr...Continue Reading
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