T he following article by Swaim, et al., (Pressure reduction effects of subdermal silicone block gel particle implantation: A preliminary study) is the third article to be published by WOUNDS as part of its Veterinary Wounds section and, once again, gives insight into the commonality of etiology and management of wounds frequently experienced by human patients and other animal species.
On this occasion, the authors investigate a hypothesis that silicone particles, when inserted under a distal interphalangeal joint in a hound, with the paw subsequently being nonweightbearing f

Barrier Therapeutics and Healthpoint to Establish Sales and Distribution Agreement for Zimycan™

Healthpoint and Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops dermatology products, announce a product development and marketing agreement for Zimycan™, Barrier’s antifungal ointment. The topical petrolatum-based antifungal agent contains a 0.25-percent miconazole nitrate and zinc oxide. The ointment is for the treatment of infants with Candida-associated diaper dermatitis, an inflammatory disease in which an infant’s diaper rash is complicated with an infection c

V enous leg ulcers are skin disorders of the lower leg that do not heal spontaneously caused by chronic venous insufficiency. They affect at least 0.2 percent of the population in the developed world,1,2 and their prevalence increases considerably with age, affecting about two percent of the population over the age of 80. Treatment of venous ulcers aims to ensure healing of the wound and prevention of recurrence. Compression, either alone or combined with surgery, is considered the principal treatment for venous ulcers and takes priority over local wound treatment. Today, short- an