Problems of wound healing are commonly observed after coronary bypass grafting (CABG) operations. Our aim is to determine the prevalence and the predictors of saphenous vein harvesting complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. One hundred twenty six patients operated in the specified period were included in this prospective study. In an early period 3 patients were excluded because of...

A wound is a type of injury which occurs relatively quickly in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). Wound healing is the process of repair that follows injury to the skin and other soft tissues. Following injury, an inflammatory response occurs and the cells below the dermis begin to increase collagen (connective...

BACKGROUND Sternal wound infections are a major complication after cardiac surgery in terms of morbidity and cost increase. To decrease the incidence of infection, we evaluated triclosan-coated sutures for the closure of the sternal incision, as it is known that most of the surgical site infections are related to the incision site. METHODS From May to December 2005, a total of 479 patients un...

This paper briefly summarizes some aspects of wound healing with particular reference to: the healing of a simple skin incision as compared to that of a wound with separated edges; granulation tissue formation and the nature of myofibroblasts; wound contraction; and, finally, the structure and biosynthesis of collagen.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of skin incision location for total laryngectomy with pharyngectomy (TLP) on postoperative outcomes including wound dehiscence and infection rate. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care center. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted of all patients undergoing TLP with flap closure at Johns Hopkins Medical Ins...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to evaluate the in vivo wound healing effect of water extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera in stem-bark. MATERIALS AND METHODS The healing activity was studied in 40 male rats using excision and incision wounds on normal and dexamethasone-suppressed wound healing. For each model, rats were divided in four groups as follows: control, dexamethasone,...

Magnetic resonance imaging has been used to follow noninvasively tumor neovascularization and tumor growth in a model system of multicellular C6 rat glioma spheroids implanted s.c. in nude mice. By position ing a single spheroid approximately 1 cm from the site of incision both the vascularization of the tumor and the wound healing processes were spa tially separated and could be simultaneously...

Laparoscopic colectomy for curable colon cancer may result in the development of abdominal wall implants because of disseminated disease and the favorable environment of the wound site for cell implantation. Injection of disaggregated human GW39 colon cancer cells into the hamster peritoneum represents a model of tumor spillage that may occur during dissection, manipulation, resection, and extr...

Garlic extract is gaining increasing acceptance as an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent and as a folk remedy on wound healing. We studied the effect of crushed garlic extract on wound healing in albino rats. 20 male albino rats had a linear 3 cm incision made over skin of back. The animals were randomly divided into two experimental groups, as control and treatment. Animals of control g...