ArticleInternational wound journal2020
Prospective clinical study on the efficacy of bacterial removal with mechanical debridement in and around chronic leg ulcers assessed with fluorescence imaging.
Article in International wound journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Point-of-care fluorescence imaging to optimise wound bed preparation prior to cellular and/or tissue-based product (CTP) application.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Lights, fluorescence, action-Influencing wound treatment plans including debridement of bacteria and biofilms.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Point-of-care fluorescence imaging reveals extent of bacterial load in diabetic foot ulcers.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Diagnosis and treatment of the invasive extension of bacteria (cellulitis) from chronic wounds utilising point-of-care fluorescence imaging.International wound journal · 2022Observational
- [Position paper of the Initiative Chronische Wunde (ICW) e. V. on the nomenclature of debridement in chronic wounds].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2022Review
- Use of fluorescence imaging to optimize location of tissue sampling in hard-to-heal wounds.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Detection of bacterial fluorescence from in vivo wound biofilms using a point-of-care fluorescence imaging device.International wound journal · 2021Article
- Diagnosing Burn Wounds Infection: The Practice Gap & Advances with MolecuLight Bacterial Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- [Surgical treatment for chronic leg ulcer].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2020Article
- Prospective clinical study on the efficacy of bacterial removal with mechanical debridement in and around chronic leg ulcers assessed with fluorescence imaging.International wound journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
Bacterial colonisation in wounds delays healing, mandating regular bacterial removal through cleaning and debridement. Real-time monitoring of the efficacy of mechanical debridement has recently become possible through fluorescence imaging. Red fluorescence, endogenously produced during bacterial metabolism, indicates regions contaminated with live bacteria (>10
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