316 research outputs found
Colon Anastomotic Healing: Can We Do Better?
No full textAt the conclusion of this presentation the participant should be able to: Identify risk factors for anastomotic failure Understand technical aspects of anastomotic construction Understand future directions in efforts to minimize anastomotic failure
Presentation: 20 minute
Nutrition and Lower Extremity Ulcers: Causality and/or Treatment
No full text The association between malnutrition, impaired wound healing, and the presence of chronic wounds has been recognized for a long time. It is widely believed that the lack of adequate nutrition increases the risk of developing wounds which have a great likelihood of progressing to chronicity due to lack of appropriate healing responses. This risk is particularly high in the aging population. For the individual patient, as well as patient populations, the diagnosis of malnutrition has been in dispute; further, there is lack of agreement of when and how to intervene nutritionally in those with wounds or healing deficits. This article examines the relationship of nutritional status with the presence and clinical evolution of leg ulcers in humans, focusing on diabetic and venous leg ulcers; we will further review the effect of nutritional therapy on the outcome of these ulcers. </jats:p
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