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Advanced Wound Therapies in the Management of Severe Military Lower Limb Trauma: A New Perspective

The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham B29 6JD, United Kingdom Correspondence: sjeffery@nhs.net Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the treatment of injuries resulting from land mine explosions using a holistic approach that includes gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and encompasses wound bed preparation, exudate management, and infection control. Method: In the treatment of 3 traumatic injuries, each requiring limb amputation, we describe the application of NPWT using the Chariker-Jeter system, which uses a single layer of saline-moistened antimicrobial gauze laid directly onto the wound bed. [...]

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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Smith & Nephew Inc.'s Advanced Wound Management division introduces the RENASYS◊ EZ negative pressure wound therapy system and the portable RENASYS◊ GO negative pressure wound therapy product. Together, these Smith & Nephew products offer NPWT for the continuum of wound care. [...]

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy goes mobile with RENASYS◊GO

Smith & Nephew has released a new negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device specifically designed for people who want/need to ambulate. Unlike its larger cousins, the RENASYS GO can be worn around the neck like a fashionable MP3 player. Except, it sucks at your gross wound, but no one has to know. [...]

S&N: Don’t Slow Down!

By Elizabeth Hofheinz, MEd, MPH For those patients who fall into the “down, but not out” category, there is progress. Smith & Nephew Inc’s Advanced Wound Management division has just announced the U.S. launch of its next Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) product, the new RENASYS◊ GO, meant to help clinicians address the needs of their “on the move” patients. This product rounds out the company’s wound care portfolio, which includes the recent release of the RENASYS◊ EZ, as well as the RENASYS◊-G and RENASYS◊-F dressing kits. Smith & Nephew indicates that the RENASYS◊ GO system has recently been cleared by the FDA and will be available in March 2009. [...]

Smith & Nephew Announces System for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management division announced the U.S. launch of its new RENASYS◊ EZ Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) system. RENASYS◊ EZ allows clinicians to use variable pressure control, enables clinicians to treat surgical, traumatic or chronic wounds according to the individual needs of the patient and the characteristics of the patient’s wound. RENASYS◊ EZ can be used with both the foam and gauze wound interfaces, allowing for broader therapy selection from a single supplier. [...]