Strategic advancements in wound therapy: Evidence-based pathways

This episode is sponsored by NovaQuis Health.

During this live recording of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, our host, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, teamed up with colleagues to break down the latest in wound care. Joined by Justin Ganjei, DVM, DACVS-SA, and Kelly Sovey, DVM, CVA, the trio highlighted how critical vascular preservation and tracking the precise stages of healing are to a patient's recovery.

Throughout the episode, the doctors also explored the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy, the vital role veterinary technicians play in treatment, and why strict pet owner adherence is a total game-changer.

Below is a partial transcript, edited lightly for clarity.

Adam Christman, DVM, MBA: Let's talk a little bit about vascular preservation. As a surgeon, you've often said that vascular preservation is the single most important factor in wound resolution. When assessing a traumatic injury, what are the primary clinical signs that tell you the local environment is too compromised for that simple primary closure that we can see?

Justin Ganjei, DVM, DACVS-SA: It's super important. Without vascular preservation, it's going to fail, no matter what product you throw at it. Things like infection [and] necrotic tissue are things [that] can easily compromise your vascularity….

And…if they're vasoconstricted, depending on if they're in shock or things like that, that all will affect your vascular flow to the wound bed, so being able to manipulate that will maximize success. Everything we do is to maximize blood flow to our wound. That's how you're going to get main success.

Christman: Dr Kelly, want to add anything to that?

Kelly Sovey DVM, CVA: With students, staff, as well as the pet parents, [I] just kind of talk them through why we choose different modalities for the ones that we see.