Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin

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Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin

Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin: Diagnosis and Therapy - The Practical Approach


Table of Contents
1     Basic definitions and introduction     1
2     Natural course of wound repair versus impaired healing in chronic skin ulcers     7
3     Milestones in the history of wound healing     19
4     Etiology and mechanisms of cutaneous ulcer formation     31
5     Determining etiology : history and physical examination     53
6     Determining etiology : biopsy and laboratory investigation     71
7     Ulcer measurement and patient assessment     89
8     Dressing materials     103
9     Debridement     119
10     Antibiotics, antiseptics, and cutaneous ulcers     136
11     Topical antibacterial agents     151
12     Skin grafting     159
13     Skin substitutes and tissue-engineered skin equivalents     165
14     Human skin equivalents : when and how to use     177
15     Growth factors     185
16     Drugs, wound healing and cutaneous ulcers     193
17     Alternative topical preparations     209
18     Additional topical preparations     217
19     Nutrition and cutaneous ulcers     223
20     Therapeutic approach to cutaneous ulcers according to appearance     241
21     Appendix : guidelines for patients and medical staff     255

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