title: Overcoming lower-extremity wound defects using hydrocolloid framing.
abstract: This article describes an innovative tool to address wound depth defects. A hydrocolloid frame is applied only to the wound periphery and, using regular compression dressings, lowers it to the level of the base, greatly speeding the proliferative phase of healing. The technique is described and supplemented with photographs.
authors.affiliation: Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D058128:Compression Bandages; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy