EUROPEAN  TISSUE  REPAIR  SOCIETY

Wound Repair and Regeneration
March / April 2003

Editorial
Why participate in the Wound Healing Society?
David L. Steed, MD

Original Research Articles
Risk factors for pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients
Mona Baumgarten, PhD; David Margolis, MD, PhD; Jesse A. Berlin, ScD; Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH; Jonathan Garino, MD; Sarah H. Kagan, PhD; William Kavesh, MD; Jeffrey L. Carson, MD
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 660 West Redwood Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Fax: 001 (858) 552 7436
Email: mbaumgar@epi.umaryland.edu
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Treatment of periprosthetic soft tissue infection of the groin following vascular surgical procedures by means of a polyvinyl alcohol-vacuum sponge system
Jürgen Pinocy, MD; Johannes M. Ables, MD; Corrina Wicke, MD; Peter Ruck, MD; Gerhard Ziemer, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Fax: +49 7071 79 5653
Email:
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Elevated monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels following thermal injury precede monocyte recruitment to the wound site and are controlled, in part, by tumor necrosis factor-±
Scott A. Heinrich; Kelly A.N. Messingham; Meredith S. Gregory, PhD; Alessandra Colantoni; Ahalia M. Ferreira; Luisa A. DiPietro, DDS, PhD; Elizabeth J. Kovacs, PhD
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Building 110, Room 422, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
Fax: 001 (708) 327 2813
Email: ekovacs@lumc.edu
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Increased expression of interferon-inducible protein-10 during surgically removed peritoneal injury
Megan Mrstik, BSc; Kristina Kotseos, BSc; Chunfeng Ma, MD, PhD; Nasser Chegini, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100294, Gainesville, FL 32610-0294
Fax: (352) 392-6994
Email: cheginin@obgyn.ufl.edu
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Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor on wound closure rates in the genetically diabetic mouse model
Loren M. Kirchner, MD; Sharon O. Meerbaum, MS; Brian S. Gruber, MD; Andrew K. Knoll, BS; Jeffrey Bulgrin, BS; R.A.J. Taylor, PhD; Steven P. Schmidt, PhD
Division of Surgical Research, Falor Center for Vascular Research, Summa Health System, 525 East Market Street, Akron, OH 94303
Fax: (330) 375-4648
Email: SchmidtS@summa-health.org
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Upward migration of cultured autologous keratinocytes in IntegraTM artificial skin: a preliminary report
Isabel Jones, FRCS; S. Elizabeth James, PhD; Philip Rubin, FRCS; Robin Martin, PhD
Blond McIndoe Center, Queen Victoria Hospital; East Grinstead West Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK
Fax: +44-1342-301701
Email: liz.j@blondmcindoe.demon.co.uk
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Hyperbaric oxygen treatment prevents up-regulation of angiogenesis following partial-thickness skin grafts in the pig
John E. Kalns, PhD; Edward J. Dick, Jr., DVM; Julie P. Scruggs; Kris Kieswetter, PhD; Jim K. Wright, MD
USAFSAM/FEH, 2602 Lois Bauer Drive, Bldg. 775, Brooks AFB, TX 78235, USA
Fax: 001 (210) 536 2944
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Sterile isolation and cry preservation of human adherent monocytes/macrophages from mononuclear cell apheresis preparations
Stephen J. Wagner, PhD; Andrew Syrup, MS; Yanwen Xu, MS; Alfred J. Katz, MD
Holland Laboratory, 15601 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD, USA
Fax: 001 (301) 738 0704
Email: wagners@usa.redcross.org
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Standardized qualitative evaluation of scar tissue properties in animal wound healing model
Dirk A. Hollander, MD; Hans J. Erli, MD; Alf Theisen, DVM; Stephan Falk, MD; Thomas Kreck; Stefan Müller
Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen,
Germany
Fax: +49 241 80 82415
Email: dhollander@ukaachen.de

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Wound Repair and Regeneration
May / June 2003

Editorial
Where will the wound-healing clinicians and researchers of the future be developed?
Lindblad WJ

Perspective Article
Impediments to drug development
Martin C. Robson, MD
Surgical Service (112), Bay Pines VAMC,
10000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, FL 33744, USA
Fax: 001 (813)319-1038
Email: mcrobson@earthlink.net

Original Research Articles
Randomized trial of four layer and two layer bandage systems in the management of chronic venous ulceration
Christine J. Moffat, RGN, PhD; Lynn McCullagh RGN, MSc; Theresa O’Connor RGN; Debra C. Doherty RGN, BSc; Catherine Hourican RGN; Julie Stevens RGN, BSc; Trevor Mole, PhD; Peter J. Franks, PhD
Centre for Research & Implementation of Clinical Practice, Thames Valley University,
32-38 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2BS, UK
Fax: +44 20 8280 5285
Email: peter.franks@tvu.ac.uk
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Evidence of oxidative stress in chronic venous ulcers
Tim J. James, MSc; Margaret A. Hughes, PhD; George W. Cherry, DPhil; Richard P. Taylor, PhD
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
Email: richard.taylor@org.nhs.uk
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Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in severely burned children
Mohan R.K. Dasu, PhD; Marcus Spies, MD;
Robert E. Barrow, PhD; David N. Herndon, MD
Shriners Hospital for Children; 815 Market Street, Galveston, TX 77550, USA
Fax: 001 (409) 770-6919
Email: drmohan@utmb.edu
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Evaluation of a new liquid occlusive dressing for excisional wounds
Adam J. Singer, MD; Maria Nable, MD;
Paul Cameau, BS; Daniel D. Singer; Steve A. McClain, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Stony Brook University School of Medicine,
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7400, USA
Fax: 001 (631) 444-3919
Email: asinger@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
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Topical epiregulin enhances repair of murine excisional wounds
Bradley K. Draper, MD, PhD; Toshi Komurasaki, PhD; Mari K. Davidson, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, S-2221
Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Fax: 001 (615) 343-2050
Email: bradley.draper@vanderbilt.edu
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Supplemental L-arginine enhances wound healing in diabetic rats
Han Ping Shi, MD, PhD; Daniel Most, MD; David T. Efron, MD; Maria B. Witte, MD; Adrian Barbul, MD
Department of Surgery, The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2435 West Belvedere Avenue, Suite 442, Baltimore,
MD 21215, USA
Fax: 001 (410) 601-5835
Email: abarbul@jhmi.edu
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Topical vanadate optimizes collagen organization within granulation tissue
Duncan J.D. Mackay; Kurtis E. Moyer, MD; Gregory C. Saggers, BS; Ronald I. Myers, BS; Donald R. Mackay, MD; H. Paul Ehrlich, PhD
Division of Plastic Surgery H071, Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey,
PA 17033-0850, USA
Fax: 001 (717) 531-4339
Email: pehrlich@psu.edu
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Impaired healing of nitrogen mustard wounds in CXCR2 null mice
Snjezana Milatovic; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD; Yingchun Yu, MS; John R. White, PhD; Ann Richmond, PhD
Department of Cancer Biology, Room 432 Preston Research Building, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Fax: 001 (615) 926-2911
Email: Ann.Richmond@vanderbilt.edu
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Recombinant connective tissue growth factor modulates porcine skin fibroblast gene expression
Jian Fei Wang, DVM; Merle E. Olson, DVM; DeAnna K. Ball, PhD; David R. Brigstock, PhD; David A. Hart, PhD
Calgary Foundation – Grace Glaum Professor in Arthritis Research, McCaig Center for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research, university of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
Fax: 001 (403) 283-7742
Email: hartd@acs.ucalgary.ca
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Examination gloves affect secretion of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors from human abdominal skin fibroblasts
Peter Falk, BSc; Marie-Louise Ivarsson, MD, PhD
Fibrinolysis Laboratory / Tissue Centre, Department of Surgery, Göteborg University, Sahgrenska University Hospital / Östra, Göteborg, Sweden
Fax: +46 31 25 14 63
Email: peter.falk@surgery.gu.se

Letter to the Editor
Silicone sheet for treatment and prevention of hypertrophic scar: A new proposal for the mechanism for efficacy
Thomas H. Gilman, PhD
Hollister, Inc., 2000 Hollister Drive, Libertyville,
IL 60048, USA
Fax: 001 (847) 918-3860
Email: Tom.Gilman@hollister.com