2. PREVIEW
• Wound definition and
classification
• Principles of wound healing
• Phases of wound healing
• Factors affecting
• Complications
• Newer Horizons
3. Understanding how the body repairs damaged tissue
and what factors influence the wound healing
process helps us to aid better scarless wound healing
7. ULCER • Break in continuity of covering epithelium-
skin, mucous membrane.
Molecular death of epithelium or its traumatic
removal
• Ulcer is a type of wound.
12. Rank and Wakefield classification
Tidy
Incised
Clean
Healthy tissue
Seldom Tissue Loss
Untidy
Crush or avulsed
Contaminated
Devitalized tissue
Often tissue loss
59. POOR BLOOD SUPPLY
•Wound healing is a highly energy
dependant process
•Initial response
neovascularization
•Persistent ischemia results in
apoptosis
66. NUTRITONAL
DEFICIENCIES
Vit A: involved in epithelisation and
collagen production
Vit C: production and modification of
collagen
Zinc: enzyme co-factor, role in cell
proliferation
Protein: impaired immune and
inflammatory responce
82. THE TWO MAIN AIMS
• Taking care of the
systemic deterrents
• Provide and promote the
loco regional factors
83. • THE SYSTEMIC
• THE LOCAL
–Promote the autolytic enviroment
–Counteract Infection
–Promote GFs
84. General principles of wound
management
Goal
– To aid the natural body process.
– Create optimal conditions for the patient to heal
themselves painlessly and quickly.
– To produce optimal functional and cosmetic end
result.
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85. Achieved by
– Minimize infections and
complications.
– Provide and promote the
loco- regional factors.
– Promote the autolytic
environment.
– Promote granulation.
– Preserve function.
90. 2. THE WOUND
Initial assessment, monitoring
the healing and elements of
wound documentation
91. Meticulous
examination of the
wound
• The depth and
configuration of the wound.
• The extent of nonviable
tissue.
• The presence of foreign
bodies and other
contaminants.
• Neurovascular
examination
• Radiography detail
119. Assess and
Investigate
• Five cardinal signs of
infection:R.C.T.D.F
• Decline in wound status
• Silent infections- abscess
• Biofilms
• Three types of Investigations
– Deep tissue biopsy –
During surgery(Bowler
et al 2001).
– Wound Fluid Sampling
Aspiration using aseptic
technique from deep
– Wound Swabs and
cultures
133. Inhalation of 100% O2
,Increase tissue Po2 10
times higher
Delivered at 1.9 to 2.5
atm for session of 90-
120 mins. Once daily,
5 to 6 times a week
Stimulate
angiogenesis
Enhance fibroblast
and leukocyte
function
155. Basic elements in a chronic wound care plan-
Summary
Cleanse Debris from the Wound
Possible Debridement
Manage Exudate
Promote Granulation and Epithelialization When Appropriate
Possibly Treat Infections
Minimize Discomfort
156. Empower the patient
and responsible
family member
Teach the correct
way to dressing
Irrigation
Compression
160. • Vit A as useful adjunct
• Dose-25,000 IU daily
orally
• 2 Lakh IU topically 3
times a day
161. Wounds in patient
with irradiation
Progressive endarteritis and
microvascular damage
Aggressive debridement results
in large non healing ulcers
hence should be conservative
Often need flap cover
162. The
pressure
sore
wound
Often debilitated patients
Pressure offloading
Nutrition building
Surgical debridement
Often require flap cover
Consider administration of growth hormones
and anabolic steroids like oxandrolene
Recurrence is a rule after successful
treatment
165. Electrostimulation
Electrical current applied to wounds
– Increases migration of cells
– 109% increase in collagen
– 40% increase in tensile
strength
– 1 to 50 mA direct or pulsed
based on wound
166. Hyperbaric Oxygen
• Developed 1662 by Henshaw
• Atmospheric pressure at sea level = 1 ATA = 1.5ml O2/dL
• Normal Tissue O2 tension is 40-50 mmHg.
• O2 tension < 40 mmHg = chronic wound
168. Honeysoft
• Natural dressing
• Honey-impregnated
dressing Chronic unhealing
wounds.
• Impregnated into a
compress of EVA
(ethylenevinylacetate) mesh
169. "MAX8,"
• A novel hydrogel, to seal wounds and at
the same time deliver an antibacterial
punch.