23.01.2008: The modern treatment of chronic wounds in Germany – results of a survey
To date 40 % of patients are not primarily treated with moist / modern wound treatment products, although almost 90 % of the physicians would use them in the first instance.  

13.12.2006: Patients with diabetes have a particularly high risk of postoperative wound infections
The risk of developing a wound infection vary as a function of the site and indication of an operation, and patients with diabetes are at increased risk, according to a study from Australia.  

13.12.2006: Nosocomial infections: systematic observation lowers infection rates.
Systematic observation and recording of nosocomial infections significantly reduce in-hospital infection rates within a few years, according to an analysis of the German Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System "Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System"  

12.10.2006: Side effect after radical prostatectomy: one in eight men suffers from urinary incontinence one year after surgery
Men who must undergo radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer commonly suffer from urinary incontinence after surgery.   

18.09.2006: Medically certified sickness absence after varicose vein surgery: self-employed people return to work faster than employees
The period of absence of patients after removal of varicose veins not only depends on the method of surgery used but also on whether the patient works in a senior level job.  

30.11.2005: Female urinary incontinence: fewer kilos = fewer continence problems
When overweight women, who suffer from urinary incontinence, lose weight, they suffer significantly less involuntary urine loss. A loss in body weight of 5 to 10% reduces the number of weekly incontinence episodes by fifty per cent.   

30.11.2005: Chronic wounds: elderly patients need special attention when being treated
The wounds of elderly persons differ significantly from those of younger patients. For example, not only chronic concomitant diseases can have negative effects on the occurrence of wounds and the healing thereof.  

30.11.2005: Venous diseases particularly wide-spread in western industrial nations
Millions of people suffer from venous diseases in Germany alone. Venous diseases are, however, among the most common of clinical pictures seen in physician's practices in other, mainly western, countries.  

30.11.2005: Effective exudate management in case of treatment of chronic wound with PermaFoam cavity
When chronic wounds are treated with the foam dressing PermaFoam cavity, their condition improves considerably. In one study, purulent and oily layers on the wound were reduced by fifty per cent.