Disturbances of wound healing.
Wound healing disturbances can be systemic or local. Systemic disturbances at this point can be diagnosed but not necessarily treated. In the future, these disturbances may be reversed with a specific drug. More importantly, local factors responsible for most of the disturbances in wound healing seen in the emergency department are often under the control of the physician. These can be diagnosed and, frequently, corrected.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000503:physiopathology*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004630:Emergencies; D004848:Epithelium / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007627:Keloid / Q000503:physiopathology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000503:physiopathology