Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39, January 2009

A Primer on Wound Bed Preparation

  • Chuck Gokoo, MD, CMO CWS, FACCWS

      Affiliations

    • Chief Medical Officer for American Medical Technologies, Irving, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Abstract 

Successful wound closure and healing are a major concern for today's clinician. Determining if the wound will progress or not relies on a comprehensive assessment, recognition of wound characteristics that will promote or impede the healing process and preparing the wound bed such that pathological features are removed allowing the healing cascade to occur. When complications are no longer a roadblock the wound will achieve a stable microenvironment and progress through the normal repairative process.

Keywords: Wound Bed, Wound Healing

 

PII: S1876-4983(08)00006-4

doi:10.1016/j.jcws.2008.10.001

Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39, January 2009