Richard A Korentager

Background: Burnout is common amongst surgical trainees and its consequences can be detrimental to both mental health and patient care. As such, wellness and professional development have moved to the...

Wound therapies are capable of modulating the complex molecular signaling profile of tissue regeneration. However traditional, bulk tissue analysis results in nonspecific expressional profiles and diluted signaling that lacks temporal-spatial...

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used clinically to promote tissue formation and wound closure. In this study, a porcine wound model was used to further investigate the mechanisms as...

Because burn care in the United States is regionalized, burn patients are often transported across state lines to receive their burn treatment. The authors hypothesized that there are differences between...

Given the increased level of adrenergic stimulation in burn patients, it would be expected that they would experience an increased incidence of cardiac arrhythmias and other cardiac events. We performed...

Metacarpal fractures are a relatively common hand injury that may require operative intervention to ensure adequate reduction and stabilization. The use of permanent hardware, although acceptable, may lead to complications...

Acute chondritis has a strong predilection for recurrence. Mafenide acetate has been implicated in causing reactions that mimic this condition; however, these hypersensitivity reactions lack fever, fluctuance, and pain. The...