Wound care: the role of advanced wound-healing technologies.
Wound repair and regeneration is a highly complex combination of matrix destruction and reorganization. Although major hurdles remain, advances during the past generation have improved the clinician's armamentarium in the medical and surgical management of this problem. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature regarding the pragmatic use of three of the most commonly used advanced therapies: bioengineered tissue, negative-pressure wound therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with a focus on the near-term future of wound healing, including stem cell therapy.
Wu
Stephanie C
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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA. stephanie.wu@rosalindfranklin.edu
Marston
William
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Armstrong
David G
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D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; C512800:TransCyte