Better basic care is needed to promote chronic wound healing

More interest in chronic wound healing is needed in order to ensure higher standard of basic care. Harding and colleagues (p 160) recommend that the systemic, local, and molecular factors underlying poor wound healing should be identified in individual patients and treatment tailored accordingly. New treatments include allogeneic skin grafting and bioengineered skin equivalents, which are being used successfully in patients with venous leg ulcers and diabetic patients with foot ulcers.


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Science, medicine, and the future: Healing chronic wounds
K G Harding, H L Morris, and G K Patel
BMJ 2002 324: 160-163. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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