title: Moist wound healing: critique II.
abstract: I guess most nurses have not read Winter's original paper. I had not read it until recently, although it has been widely cited in textbooks and journal articles. A search of the Science Citation Index reveals more than 100 citations. At first glance, the paper appears insubstantial, considering the importance of its finding that epithelialisation occurs more quickly under moist wounds than dry wounds, and that, at day three, wet wounds have a greater covering of epithelialisation than dry wounds.
authors.affiliation: A lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of Uverpool.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nelson