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Factors of clinical significance affecting wound healing
Author(s) -
Dingman Reed O.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197309000-00012
Subject(s) - wound healing , wound care , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine
The success of surgical procedures is largely dependent upon an orderly process of repair and wound healing and although we do not recount these daily, understanding of the available knowledge will influence the attitudes, techniques, and philosophies of the surgeon and lead to better overall patient care. Some factors of wound healing are entirely beyond the control of the surgeon while many factors of technique and wound management affecting the process of wound healing are within the control of the surgeon and are of practical importance in every surgical procedure. This presentation reviews the current concepts of wound repair, mentions those over which we have little control, and points out factors over which the surgeon does exert an influence and relates these to optimal wound care and satisfactory wound healing.