(a) Intraoperative photograph of a 59-year-old female patient with application of a silk fibroin wound dressing after right total knee arthroplasty. (b) Photograph of a 61-year old female patient on day 14 after left total knee arthroplasty. The left knee covered by the silk fibroin wound dressing showed no signs of wound healing complications, with appropriate egress of wound exudate at the inferior portion of the incision. / Source: Arthroplasty Today
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Medical adhesive-related skin injury (MARSI): Can you close your total joints without irritating the very skin you’re trying to protect?

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