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The Surgical Wound

AORN Journal, 1983
Peter Dineen, The Surgical Wound, 1981, Lea & Febiger, 600 Washington Sq, Philadelphia, Pa 19106, 222 pp.
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Surgical Excision of the Burn Wound

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2009
Early excision of the burn eschar has been one of the most significant advances in modern burn care. Historical advances in understanding of the pathophysiology of burn injury and the systemic inflammatory response fueled by the burn wound, and refinements in the techniques of tangential and fascial excision, have led to earlier excision and grafting ...
Michael J, Mosier, Nicole S, Gibran
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Surgical wounds

1998
Abstract A wound may be defined as the loss of continuity of epithelium, with or without loss of underlying connective tis sue (including muscle, bone, and nerves for example), following injury. The injury may follow direct violence or be inflicted by a non-mechanical injury-which may also be re sponsible for delay in healing.
D J Leaper, F Gottrup
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Physiology of Wound Healing and Surgical Wound Care

ASAIO Journal, 2000
Wound healing is a systemic process, which occurs stepwise and involves the stages of hemostasis, inflammation, and repair. Hemostasis with fibrin formation creates a protective wound scab. The scab provides a surface beneath which cell migration and movement of the wound edges can occur.
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Prevention of Infection in Surgical Wounds

New England Journal of Medicine, 1957
WOUND infection has become one of the most difficult surgical problems of the current decade.1 Widespread bacterial resistance and crossinfection of the hospital population have been observed repeatedly,2 , 3 and alleged by some to be penalties of indiscriminate use of antibiotics.4 , 5 Until eight months ago, it was believed at this hospital that ...
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The routine culture of surgical wounds

The American Journal of Surgery, 1959
Abstract 1. 1. Cultures from acute post-traumatic lacerations were taken after wound excision and irrigation in twenty successive patients. Sixteen of these were sterile cultures. Two mild infections developed in association with the four positive cultures. 2. 2. Cultures were obtained from the wounds of 546 patients undergoing surgery in the
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Surgical wounds

2016
Abstract The primary aim of most surgical incisions is to allow adequate unobstructed access to the operative site. Following completion of the procedure the incision must heal securely with an acceptable scar. The uncomplicated healing of surgical incisions is critically dependent on the adherence to sound technical principles.
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Planning Closure of a Surgical Wound

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1978
The decision as to whether to close or not close a surgical wound, and by what method if closure is decided upon, must be individualized for each patient and each wound. This paper suggests a mental calculation that can be worked out rapidly by the operator in order to make judicious decisions expeditiously.
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Advances in the Management of Surgical Wounds

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1971
Judging by published statistics, it may seem dubious that any real advances in the management of surgical wounds have been made in recent years. However, several developments look promising, with substantial if inconclusive evidence in their favor.
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Surgical wound immunotherapy

Nature Nanotechnology, 2018
Reinhard, Liebers, Dirk, Jäger
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