WHEN WOUNDS WON’T HEAL
My late husband Bob tried to get hyperbaric oxygen therapy for his diabetic foot ulcers, but he couldn’t get an appointment. The only center near us reserved its chambers for emergencies such as carbon-monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas embolism, severe crush injuries and certain kinds of infections. But an unusual technology is coming to the rescue for these stubborn sores. It uses fish skin as a wound dressing. Sound crazy? It isn’t. A company called Kerecis starts by taking skin from North Atlantic cod, removing the fish cells, sterilizing the skin and freeze-drying it, while leaving the skin’s microscopic collagen framework largely intact. Doctors rehydrate the sheet and place it over or into a wound. This serves as a temporary […]
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