Trends in surgical wound healing.
The understanding of acute and chronic wound pathophysiology has progressed considerably over the past decades. Unfortunately, improvement in clinical practice has not followed suit, although new trends and developments have improved the outcome of wound treatment in many ways. This review focuses on promising clinical development in major wound problems in general and on postoperative infections in particular.
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Copenhagen Wound Healing Center, Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark. fgottrup@post4.tele.dk
D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*