title: Acute wound healing an overview.
abstract: The ability to heal an injury is a biologic necessity for all organisms, with mammals lagging in proficiency when compared with lower life forms that have the ability to regenerate differentiated structures. Technology and increased scientific knowledge have established a coordinated interplay that has improved the ability to manage wounds in a logical manner, and, on occasion, to accelerate the healing process. Insight into the complex chain of events leading to the formation of scar is a necessity for every individual who attempts wound management.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic Surgery, Sutherland Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: JoAn L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: W Thomas
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002450:Cell Communication; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000503:physiopathology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines