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Wound Central · 2020
Serena, T.E. (sole author)
Wound Central (MA Healthcare), July 2020, Vol 4, Issue 3, p117
In this guest editorial, the author compares optical technologies in wound care to astronomy and highlights several recent Journal of Wound Care articles that use light to see or treat what is otherwise invisible in wounds. He describes studies of fluorescence imaging to detect bacteria in hard-to-heal wounds, burns and negative pressure wound therapy sponges, a study of fluorescence biomodulation for venous leg ulcers, and a pilot comparison of near infrared spectroscopy with transcutaneous oxygen measurement for tissue oxygenation. The editorial presents these as early-generation tools that reveal previously unseen causes of wound failure.
Written by Dr. Thomas Serena, SerenaGroup's founder.
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