Compression and Chronic Wound Management
About this ebook
This book evaluates the various evidence-based arguments for the use of compression to treat chronic wounds. It describes the growing health burden caused by these lesions with vast sums spent on wound management and its associated complexities around the world. Since compression is the mainstay of treatment in venous conditions ranging from varicose veins through venous leg ulcers, the authors have also evaluated the use of compression techniques in the successful management of lymphoedema and certain orthopaedic conditions.
Compression and Chronic Wound Management provides a balanced text on how to apply scientific knowledge to ensure pragmatic clinical practice. It therefore represents an essential resource for residents, specialists and researchers in wound management, whether they are dermatologist, vascular medicine physicians and surgeons, or orthopaedic practitioners.
About the author
Kittipan Rerkasem is the Chief of Vascular Surgery in Chiang Mai University Hospital where he is also the Director of Research. He has published widely in this area. He is an alumnus of the University of Southampton. He has 90 publications in SCOPUS database with citation 2,485 times (exclude self-citations) H-Index is 24. Fields of interest are chronic leg ulcer, peripheral arterial disease, venous ulcer, and vascular disease in HIV patients.
Dr Hari Nair is a Consultant and Head of the Wound Care Unit at Kuala Lumpur Hospital Malaysia. Following his interest in wound healing, Dr Nair completed post graduate training in Cardiff. On his return, Hari Nair was instrumental in setting up a Wound Healing program in Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Malaysia. The success of this clinical program is highlighted by its uptake in other countries around Malaysia, a specialist training program designed by Dr Nair and re-invigoration of the Asian Wound Care Association that undertakes training of specialists in Asia. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery, Banares Hindu University and the Chairman of the ASEAN Wound Council. Hari Nair has published papers, books and delivered several invited lectures in Asia and Europe. His publications include Author of the Maggot Debridement Therapy Book, Compendium of Wound Care dressings and Modalities, Pressure Injury Prevention Care Bundle, Diabetic Foot Asian Perspective Chapters in the 7th Practical Diabetes India, Diabetic Foot NUH Singapore, Ostomy, Wound Book USA. He and the entomologists from the Institute of Medical Research was also awarded the WHO DR. Lee Joon Wok memorial award for public health for maggot therapy.Vijay Shukla is a general surgeon with research and clinical interests in cancer of the gall bladder and wound management. His early training includes a period in Wales where he completed a Master in Chirurgy (MCh). Vijay has published widely in his career and is currently the Director of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi.
