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In this first issue of 2026, JWC features a non-comparative clinical trial of multicomponent reduced compression therapy and TLC-NOSF dressings in leg ulcers with or without arterial component; an assessment of an in vitro performance of Biatain Superabsorber and its use in the management of moderately-to-highly exuding wounds; and a prospective, monocentric, observational randomised controlled pilot study of two all-in-one multicomponent compression systems in healthy volunteers. An evaluation of the predictive potential of regulatory classifications is presented which demonstrates that Medicare real-world evidence shows CAMP outcomes are independent of FDA regulatory classification; there is also a summary of evidence on the use of fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 signalling pathway as a potential therapeutic target in cutaneous wounds; and a retrospective case-control study describes the microbiological characteristics and risk factors for multidrug-resistant organism infections in diabetic foot ulcers. The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in paediatric scoliosis is the focus of a pilot study, and gluteal-anogenital-perineal reconstruction in patients with chronic hidradenitis suppurativa and related squamous cell carcinoma is evaluated. An experimental in vivo extremity model monitors the impact of multilayer compression bandages on subdressing pressure generated by single-use NPWT; the effects of secukinumab with modified nourishing blood and moisturising decoction on superficial fungal infections in patients with psoriasis with blood-dryness pattern are described, and the findings of an evaluation of the Stop Pressure Injury Development and Eliminate Risk (SPIDER) education intervention on pressure injury prevention practices in critical care units in Saudi Arabia are presented.