title: Common problems in wound care: overgranulation.
abstract: Overgranulation in wounds causes a delay in wound healing and often produces an increase in wound exudate and is therefore difficult to dress. This article suggests non-traumatic methods of removal in order to preserve the granulation of tissue required for healing.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*