Wound Management News

Reconstructions of postsurgical scalp defects using a single layer of pulley sutures resulted in significantly reduced closure times and similar scar appearances when compared with bilayered closures, according to study results published in Dermatologic Surgery.

The American Academy of Dermatology has announced that ContextMedia:Health has been selected as a patient education affinity partner.

An increase in leishmaniasis cases among travelers, immigrants and soldiers in the United States prompted the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to develop new evidence-based recommendations.

The American Society of Dermatologic Surgery announced that Thomas E. Rohrer, MD, began his term as president of the society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association during the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

Research finding that women who applied broad-spectrum photostable sunscreen to their face daily for a year showed improvement in the signs of existing photodamaged skin was among the most-read articles in October on Healio.com/Dermatology.

NEW ORLEANS — Melinta Therapeutics announced this week that it has submitted two New Drug Applications, or NDAs, to the FDA for the approval of IV and oral Baxdela for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, or ABSSSIs.

TFS International has acquired German dermatology specialist SCIderm GmbH, according to a press release.

Patients who received barbed sutures for wound closure after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty had higher odds of wound infection compared with patients who had conventional sutures, according to results.

Study findings that Mohs micrographic surgery was used effectively to treat melanoma in situ exceeding traditional excision margins of 5 mm was among the most-read articles in September on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Study results finding that a family history of acne and various lifestyle factors were associated with adult acne in women was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology and Healio.com/Aesthetics.