Clinical Approach to Wounds: D??bridement and Wound Bed Preparation Including the Use of Dressings and Wound-Healing Adjuvants

Summary: This is a clinical review of current techniques in wound bed preparation found to be effective in assisting the wound-healing process. The process begins with the identification of a correct diagnosis of the wound’s etiology and continues with optimizing the patient’s medical condition, including blood flow to the wound site. Débridement as the basis of most wound-healing strategies is then emphasized. Various débridement techniques,...