Moist wound healing: does the theory apply to chronic wounds?
Winter's research on moist wound healing continues to exert a strong influence on tissue viability practice. But does this theory, which is based on porcine acute wounds, apply to human chronic wounds. This review explores the evidence.
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Nottingham City Primary Care Trust, UK. alison.parnham@nottinghamcity-pct.nhs.uk
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*