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IPFS News Link • Healthcare

Ultrasound cuts healing time of chronic wounds by 30 percent

• http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Lavars

This is most commonly brought about by skin ulcers and bedsores, which threaten to evolve into dangerous and potentially deadly infections if left untreated. But a British research team has happened upon a technique that promises to cut the healing time of these and other chronic wounds by around a third, using simple low-intensity ultrasounds.

Wound healing presents a serious problem for two demographics in particular, the elderly and those with diabetes. When a young and healthy person incurs an injury to the skin, connective tissue cells called fibroblasts migrate to the site of the wound and kick-off the healing process. But skin defects that are typical of above groups prevent the migration of fibroblasts and make healing problematic, sometimes leading to amputation.


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