Pearls and Pitfalls in Skin Ulcer Management

lt;p>Michele Maruccia is Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Bari Aldo Moro and Chief of the Microsurgery and Lymphatic Surgery Unit, in the University Hospital Policlinico of Bari. Pr. Maruccia completed a PhD at the Sapienza University of Rome and a fellowship in advanced reconstructive microsurgery and lymphatic surgery at China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan. He has over 8 years of teaching experience, being lecturer at international and national events, as well as author of over 100 papers in indexed journals and book chapters. Prof. Maruccia has organized numerous national and international courses both on cadaver and living models. He is the President of the SPIGC (Italian Society of Young Surgeons). 

Giovanni Papa is Professor of Plastic Surgery at University of Trieste, with a particular expertise in wound care with teaching experience in CME courses and masters direction. He completed a PhD in Microsurgery and Orthodontics at University of Bari. He is Head of Plastic Surgery Clinic and Director of Residency Program at university of Trieste, since January 2022. He has been appointed National President of the Italian Association of Skin Ulcers in 2023 and Probo viro  of  Italian Society of plastic, reconstructive, regenerative and aesthetic surgery (SICPRE) and Coordinator of experts panel for drafting of National Guidelines on breast implants complications and adipose tissue use. His scientific and research activity includes other fields of Plastic Surgery as shown by the over 30 clinical and experimental research papers and abstracts published in national and international journals, and his lecturing at to national and international congresses.

Elia Ricci has been teaching and carrying out clinical and research work in Wound management (Vulnology) since 1989, collaborating with specialized centers in England and France. He has been appointed National President of the Italian Association of Skin Ulcers in 2006, is Scientific Director of the journal ACTA Vulnologica and has authored or co-authored 212 publications of which 94 are exclusively devoted to Wound care, and published in national and international indexed journals.

Giuseppe Giudice is full Professor and Reconstructive Surgery. Upon completing his training in Italy, at Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza under Prof. C. Curioni, and at the Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of the San Paolo Hospital in Milan under Prof. R. Brusati, he was selected for a residency at the Hospital Necker Craniofacial Surgery Unit, in Paris, France. He then came back to Italy working as Plastic Surgeon and has been appointed Director of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and of the Center for Heavy Burns, as well as Directing the Specializing School in Plastic Surgery at the Aldo Moro University of Bari, after having been Director of the Residency Program in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the same institution for over 10 years. He has been authoring over 100 papers in indexed journals and book chapters and lecturing on several Plastic Surgery meetings.

Foreword.- Preface.- I INTRODUCTION TO WOUND CARE, CLEASING, ANTISEPTIC AND LOCAL TREATMENT.- 1 Vulnology (also known as Wound Care): History and Myths of Chronic Wounds.-  2 Etiology, Classification and Advocating for a Holistic, Multidisciplinary Approach.- 3 Anatomical Base for Diagnosis.- 4 Wound Hygiene: From Traditional to Microenvironment in Cleansing.- 5 Principles of Antiseptic Treatment.- II DRESSING AND BANDAGES.- 6 Timing in Dressing and Bandaging.- 7 Advanced Moist Wound Dressing: Functional Classification.- 8 Dressing: Indications on Applications.- 9 Dressing in Burns.- 10 Innovative Dressings.- 11 Bandaging in Ulcer Care.- III INSTRUMENTAL TREATMENTS IN WOUNDS.- 12 Scientific Principles of Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT).- 13 Latest Applications of Negative-pressure wound therapy NPTW.- 14 E STIM ME in Wound Care.- 15 Photobiomodulation (PBM) in Wound Care.- 16 Laser in Wound Care .- 17 Shock Waves in Wound Care.- 18 Hydrosurgery in Wound Care.- 19 Ultrasound  in Wound Care.- 20 Topical Oxygen in Wound Care.- IV REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND TISSUE BIOINGENEERING.- 21 Evidence based and clinical experimentation on cell therapy.-  22 Bioinductive Dressing.- 23 Connective Tissues and Matrix Components.- 24 Mesenchymal Cells from Adipose Tissue.- 25 Monocytes.-  26 Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP).- 27 MIMo (Minimal Invasive Modality) in Burns.- V MEASUREMENT AND DOCUMENTATION.- 28 The Vulnological Folder.- 29 Imaging and Measurement.- 30 Clinical Measurement.- 31 Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence.- VI INFECTION IN WOUND CARE. - 32 Infection Diagnosis. - 33 Infection Classification.- 34 Infected Wound Bed Management: the Diabetic Foot.- 35 Drugs and Infection.- 36 Osteomyelitis.- VII PLASTIC SURGERY: WHEN AND HOW.- 37 Grafting and Micrografting in Wound Care.- 38 Surgical Debridement in Wound Care.- 39 Reconstructive Options in Wound Care: From Simplest to Most Complex.- 40 Surgical Indications in all Diagnostic and Care Pathways (PDTA) settings.- 41 Microsurgery in Wound Care.- 42 Advanced Reconstruction in Wound Care.- 43 Lower Limb Ulcers: Clinical and Diagnostic Workout.- VIII MISCELLANEOUS.- 44 Wound Care in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.- 45 Postural Asset.- 46 Pain Management.- 47 Nutrition and Metabolism.- 48 Diabetic Foot Management.- 49 Ozone Therapy in Wound Care.- 50 Malignant Wound Care and Advanced Illness Management.- 51 Prevention of Ulcer Recurrence.- 52 Rehabilitation in Wound Care.- 53 Lymphedema and Wound Care.- 53 Budget Implications in Quality Dressing.- 55 Scar Management.