Wound healing

Definition: **Wound healing** is a physiological reparative process comprising specific dynamic sequences and involving specific cells, mediators and **growth factors**.

Wound healing is the process through which the body repairs and restores damaged tissue after an injury. This physiological process can be divided in time-determined, overlapping phases aimed at restoring the integrity and function of the skin or other affected tissues.

The wound healing process typically occurs in the following main phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling and maturation. 

Although there are many different methods and degrees of injury, the basic phases of healing are essentially the same for most wounds. 

Effective wound healing depends on various factors, including the type and severity of the wound, the overall health of the individual, the presence of underlying conditions, and proper wound care practices.

To improve your knowledge about the wound healing process, visit the LINK eLearning course and grab 1 CPD credit, here: Wounds. Wound Healing: Acute Versus Chronic Wounds

 

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Wound Infection in Clinical Practice - Made Easy

Hydro-Responsive Wound Dressings for the treatment of chronic wounds: A narrative review of the clinical evidence

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Evaluation of a superabsorbent wound dressing, patient and clinician perspective: a case series

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Effects of exudate physical, chemical and thermal conditions on collective migration of tissue-repairing cells: Mechanobiological studies

Keratinocytes under the spotlight: Epithelialization process is essential for wound healing

A retrospective audit of the treatment of wounds with moderate to high exudate levels

The epithelialisation phase in wound healing: options to enhance wound closure

Management of Chronic Wounds: Diagnosis, Preparation, Treatment, and Follow-up

Wound management is everyone‘s concern

HydroTherapy: the importance of hydration in wound healing

Clinical comparision of chronic wounds healing based on four three patients using dual dressing hydrotherapy

HydroTherapy, Made Easy

Wound hydration versus maceration: understanding the differences

The inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase activity in chronic wounds by a polyacrylate superabsorber

Wound-QoL questionnaire on quality of life with chronic wounds

 

Related Webinars on LINK

When Healing May Not be an Option - How to Effectively Manage Fungating Wounds

 

Related Events on LINK

LINK for Wound Balance Congress 2023

LINK Wound Healing Congress 2021

LINK Wound Healing Congress 2019

LINK Wound Healing Congress 2017

 

Related E-Learning Courses on LINK

Matrix Metallo-Proteinases roles in Wound Healing – Importance of moisture in Wound Healing

Wounds. Wound Healing: Acute Versus Chronic Wounds

Skin Structure and Functions

Clinical Challenges in Exudate Management

Epithelialization

Central Role of Debridement in Wound Healing

Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

Wound Balance - Achieveing Wound Healing with Confidence

Growth Factors in Wound Healing

 

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Last edited: August 8, 2024

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