Any chronic non-healing wound on the body is evidence of failing physiology. Attend this fast-paced information-packed program to learn updated and current evidence-based information regarding the most common wound etiologies on the lower extremity with emphasis on edema manifestations and complications. Course content will introduce new and emerging concepts for assessing and treating lower extremity wounds. Topics such as the lymphedema resulting from micro and macro-lymphatic impairments and how these vascular dysfunctions set patients up for skin barrier failure will be presented. Compression interventions and challenges, biomechanical/mobility changes in the lower extremity contributing to calf-pump failure, offloading interventions along the continuum, and biofilm and infection topics will be provided. In addition, pertinent case studies demonstrating, successes, challenges, and failures of care will be included.