Interventional Treatment of Wounds

Contents




Foreword

Christopher E. Attinger




SECTION I: SURGICAL METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

1. Surgical Debridement

Joshua A. David and Ernest S. Chiu




2. Bacterial Control

Jessica D. Smith, Indranil Sinha, and Douglas L. Helm




3. Amputations of the Lower Extremity

Joseph Park, Tammer Elmarsafi, and John S. Steinberg




4. Gastrocsoleus Lengthening

Christopher P. Chiodo




5. Operative Management of Pressure Injuries

Dennis P. Orgill




6. Forefoot Operations

Paul J. Kim




7. Hindfoot Operations

Alec A. Macaulay and Jeremy Smith




8. Skin Grafting

Lifei Guo, Jillian L. Fortier, and Charles L. Castiglione




9. Local and Regional Flaps

Raman Mehrzad, Daniel Kwan, Scott Schmidt, and Paul Y. Liu




10. Perforator Flaps

Joon Pio (Jp) Hong, Donghoon Choi, and Hyunsuk (Peter) Suh




11. Free Tissue Transfer

Benjamin J. Mitchell, Michael V. DeFazio, and Karen Kim Evans




12. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Lauren R. Bayer




13. Matrices and Dermal Substitutes for Wound Treatment

Sumanas W. Jordan, Sergey Y. Turin, Eric Robert Zielinski, and Robert D. Galiano




SECTION II: INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

14. Arterial Diagnostics

Kaspar Trocha and Samir K. Shah




15. Minimally Invasive Arterial Interventions for Wounds

Dean J. Arnaoutakis and Edwin C. Gravereaux




16. Endovascular Venous Interventions

Chieh-Min Fan

Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD
Vice Chairman for Quality Improvement, Dept. of Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02115



Dennis Orgill, MD, PhD, is the Vice Chair for Quality Improvement in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, and the Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Wound Care Center. Dr. Orgill holds a doctoral degree in medical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a medical degree from Harvard University and completed additional training in reconstructive plastic surgery. He is also board certified in plastic surgery with membership in American Society og Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS), American College of Surgeons (ACOS), American Society for Reconstrucitve Microsurgery (ASRM), Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery (AACPS), Massachusetts Medical Society, Plastic Surgery Education Foundation (PSEF), Plastic Sugery Rsearch Council (PSRC), and Wound Healing Society.


Head of a research team: The Orgill laboratory focuses on tissue engineering and wound healing, aiming to develop better technologies to treat wounds. The laboratory performs research on artificial skin, micromechanical forces, platelets, and stem cells. Dr. Orgill has consulted for several medical device and start-up companies, and holds several patents.