title: Surgical considerations in wound healing.
abstract: Defects can occur in any phase of the wound-healing process. This paper examines the integrated system of wound healing, including an analysis of leukocyte function. Since leukocytes are of paramount importance in the first phase of healing, their dysfunction as a result of disease, drugs, or improper surgical techniques must either be controlled or given special consideration by the surgeon.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D003094:Collagen / Q000502:physiology; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000502:physiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen