On the Spot: Wound Care: The ‘Wild Wild West’?

Expert Panelists: Christi Cavaliere, MD, Venita Chandra, MD, FACS, Daniel Eiferman, MD, MBA, FACS, Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, FACS, Jarrod P. Kaufman MD, FACS, Hayato Kurihara, MD, FACS, FEBS, Martin I. Newman, MD, FACS

 

This issue I am tackling a new topic for On the Spot: wound care. This topic, which transcends all surgical specialties, is new territory for me. I’d like to thank Christi Cavaliere, MD, for helping me understand some of the current practices and debates in this field. So is wound care practice, as one panelist phrased it, “more style than science”? Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy all it’s cracked up to be? And is wound care really the “Wild Wild West” of patient care? Read on to see what some of the experts think!
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