WOUND HEALING
(CUTANEOUS)
DEFINITION
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• HOMEOSTASIS
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SEMANTICS OF WOUND HEALING
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• 3-4
• 4-6
PHASES OF WOUND HEALING
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INFLAMMATORY PHASE
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Fibrillar collagen and
Tissue factor
Platelet aggregation Provisional matrix
Neutrophils (48 hrs)
Monocytes/
Macrophages (48-72
hrs)
Lymphocytes (5-7
days)
Coagulation
cascade
Scaffold for
cell
recruitment
Remove dead tissue.
Prevent infection.
PROLIFERATIVE PHASE (DAY 4-21)
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RE-EPITHELIALIZATION
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GRANULATION TISSUE
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• ECM FORMATION AND ANGIOGENESIS
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COLLAGEN DEPOSITION
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• COLLAGEN III
PROLIFERATION – SWITCH
OFF
REMODELLING – SWITCH
ON
REMODELING
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FIBROBLASTS
WOUND CONTRACTION
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• MYOFIBROBLASTS
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COLLAGEN REMODELING
ECM
COLLAGEN
III
COLLAGEN
TYPE I
COLLAGEN REMODELING
• MMPS
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RECOVERY OF STRENGTH
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• COLLAGEN DEGRADATION VS SYNTHESIS
• CROSS LINKING
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FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND HEALING
SYSTEMIC FACTORS LOCAL FACTORS
Age
Obesity
Smoking
Nutrition
Anemia
Diabetes
Malignancy
Immunosupressive diseases
Circulatory status
Steroids/cytotoxic drugs
Infections
Mechanical factors
Foreign bodies
Venous or lymph stasis
Hematoma
Location of wound
Size of wound
Recurrent trauma
Underlying disease like
osteomyelitis/malignancy
PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF REPAIR
1.
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DEFICIENT SCAR FORMATION
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EXCESSIVE FORMATION OF REPAIR PROCESS
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CONTRACTURES
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• BURNS
Wound healing (cutaneous)

Wound healing (cutaneous)