Preclosure spectroscopic differences between healed and dehisced traumatic wounds

The use of Mepilex on dehisced amputation wounds

Less commonly, serious accidents can lead to the loss of a limb, as can the development of a local tumour or cancer. These amputations (9–13%), tend to occur in younger patients whose wounds heal well and therefore this patient group tend not to require complex wound dressings (Ham and Cotton, 1991). However, wound healing complications such as infection, oedema and tissue necrosis following ma...

Physiotherapy of Traumatic and Surgical Wounds

The normal development of the healing process takes approximately 8 months. The beginning of healing is marked by inflammatory phenomena which reach their maximum extent towards the 40th to the 50th day. After this period, the wound becomes less congestive and a sclerous reaction of the neighbouring tissue takes place. This retraction continues until approximately the 6th month when, on the con...

Traumatic Wounds of the Female Reproductive Organs.

Quantitative microbiology of traumatic orthopedic wounds.

Quantitative bacterial and fungal cultures carried out on 116 speciments of tissue debrided from traumatic orthopedic wounds yielded 118 bacterial and 8 fungal isolates. The organisms obtained reflected primarily the resident flora of the skin.

Closure of traumatic wounds without cleaning and suturing.

BACKGROUND In less than ideal situations wounds have to be closed without extensive cleaning using sterile adhesive strips (Steristrips). This prospective analyses the efficiency of this technique and compares it to the more conventional approach. METHODS Altogether 147 lacerations were closed with sterile strips with no wound cleaning. Patients were subsequently followed up for a minimum of ...