Prehabilitation, a modern algorithm for comprehensive patient preparation for surgical treatment, is becoming increasing-ly popular in medicine. This process includes physical but also psychological and nutritional preparation of the patient before a planned surgical procedure.
Skin tears (ST) are defined as traumatic wounds caused by mechanical forces (shearing, friction, and/or blunt trauma, including the removal of medical adhesives). They are most commonly observed in elderly individuals with chronic comorbidities, in critical condition, or at the end of life.
Wound treatment remains a significant challenge in modern medicine. Initiatives undertaken by the medical community, including the Wound Healing Society’s activities and specialist publications, attempt to optimise standards of care for patients with wounds. The current epidemiological situation in this patient group requires urgent systemic intervention.
Dear Readers, this issue of our journal opens with an editorial reporting on an exciting initiative that the Polish Wound Management Association has been thinking and working on recently. Finally, on 9 October 2024, a meeting took place in Warsaw, where an agreement for professional wound therapy was decided. This is a landmark moment in the history of wound treatment in Poland.
This year, in addition to doctors and nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists, clinical dieticians and pharmacists, medical and podiatric caregivers, and medical students joined the Congress participants.
The gold standard of conservative treatment of venous ulcers of the lower limbs is compression therapy. Other elements are also important, such as local treatment in accordance with the TIMERS strategy, as well as, among others, physiotherapy, education of the patient and their family. Unfortunately, the healing process of venous ulcers also depends on other factors, which are still subject to many analyses.
Extensive knowledge about the risk factors for pressure ulcers allows the implementation of procedures that reduce their occurrence to a minimum and, especially, prevent pressure ulcers developing during hospitalisation.
Medical adhesive-related skin injury (MARSI) is skin damage that occurs because of the use of adhesive medical devices such as self-adhesive dressings, electrodes, or stoma equipment. It usually manifests itself in the form of mechanical damage, inflammatory skin reactions, swelling, and pain, which affects the quality of life of patients. The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence of MARSI and its risk factors in oncological patients based on available research works.
Chronic wound care has improved tremendously through the years due to technological advancements and medical innovations. However, wound care does not only mean the application of a wound dresssing merely. The wound should be evaluated aetiologically, and care should be planned according to the disruption in which stage of the healing has occurred [1]. The patient must be evaluated as a whole, and all systemic disturbances should be determined such as blood sugar irregularity in a diabetic foot patient and venous hypertension in a venous ulcer patient.
The annual Scientific and Training Congress of the Polish Wound Management Association took place in Lochow from 6–8 June 2024. The meeting brought together over 500 participants and many medical companies. The scientific programme of the congress was structured to ensure a high scientific level and extensive opportunities for practical sessions to learn about new products and their clinical application. Sessions with guests from abroad were of great interest. Prof. Hacan Uncu, a vascular surgeon from Ankara, and Prof. Gaye Filinte, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Istanbul, both came to our congress in person. Their excellent…