Marta Casals Zorita
Doctoral Fellow in the Research Line Innovation in wound healing
Email: marta.casals@uvic.cat
ORCID: 0000-0002-9591-5953
Scientific Profile: URECERCA
The career of Marta Casals began in 2011 as a Nurse at the Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu in Vic, at the Clinical Unit of Wounds and Palliative Care. She has been in different research projects such as the Health Outcomes Evaluation according to the Porter model in geriatric patients. She is currently participating in a project which evaluates fragility degree as a possible marker of tissue regeneration in the elderly.
She has done several communications to congresses about quality of life in a patient with chronic wounds and the use of Resvech 2.0 for wound evolution check. She has also made a communication regarding a clinical case explaining the comprehensive care provided in an intermediate care hospital.
She holds a Diploma in Nursing from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2011). She has a Master’s Degree in Oncology Nursing from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2012). In June 2018, she completed university master’s degrees in “Comprehensive Management and Investigation of Chronic Wounds” at the University of Cantabria, having presented the master’s final project “Efficiency of a Consultation of telewound in the treatment of leg ulcer in a Complex Wounds Unit“. Later, this project was presented at a national level congress.
My last happenings:
Multidisciplinary approach to a patient with a perianal ulcer associated with hemorrhoidal ointment
An increase in perianal ulcers related to the use of hemorrhoidal ointments has been observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case of an 82-year-old man with a significant perianal ulcer attributed to the use of a hemorrhoidal rectal ointment is presented. After ruling out other causes through exclusion criteria and biopsy, complete healing of the ulcer was achieved through a multidisciplinary intervention and therapy with autologous growth factors. This case has been sparsely reported in the literature, despite the hemorrhoidal ointment being on the market for over 40 years. Medical evaluation before prescription and patient follow-up are recommended. [...]
Healthy habits to prevent complex lower extremity wounds. Relevance of the recommendations according to an experts
Article: Healthy habits to prevent complex lower extremity wounds. Relevance of the recommendations according to an experts Authors: Marta Casals-Zorita, Clara Masó-Albareda, Elisabet Sarri-Plans, Marta Ferrer-Solà. Link: PDF_article Abstract: Introduction: Self-care education programs for people suffering from chronic conditions improve both their health and their quality of life. These programs should be composed of accepted and validated advice. Objectives: To determine the relevance of recommendations for the prevention of complex wounds published by scientific societies and provided by professional experts in wounds; to compile, classify according to etiology and order by relevance these recommendations. Methodology: [...]
Clara Masó Albareda presented an oral communication at EWMA international congress 2023
Clara Masó, a member of the research line innovation in wound healing, presented an oral communication at the 33RD Conference of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), celebrated in Milan, Italy on 3-5 May 2023. The title of the oral communication given by Clara Masó was “Martorell ulcer successfully heals with a combination of autologous growth factors and punch skin grafting”(1). In her talk, she explained that the case she was presenting required the combination of various advanced therapies emphasizing the therapeutic difficulty of these lesions. Autologous growth factors combined with punch grafting enhanced wound healing, and interestingly they alleviate [...]
