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2. Postoperative wounds - Wikipedia

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   During the surgery, there are several precautions that can be taken to reduce the risk of postoperative wound complications. These are: minimizing traffic in the operating room, providing adequate ventilation, not closing wounds that are infected, minimize tissue handling, re-administer prophylactic antibiotics if large amounts of fluid are ...

3. Dakin's solution - Wikipedia

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   The name of Carrel was dropped after World War II, presumably due to his active involvement in eugenics movements and the advocacy of elimination of "inferior" humans. [ 1 ] Since penicillin became established as an antibiotic in 1943, use of Dakin's solution and other topical antiseptics for wound treatment has declined, and their use is ...

4. Inadine - Wikipedia

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   After a few days the dressing has a tendency to dry out, and must be changed often. Left on too long, it can engage with wound tissue and wound secretions when drier, and be more difficult to remove. [4] This tendency to adhere to wounds is usually resolved by soaking the wound for a few minutes with normal saline. [3]

5. Wound bed preparation - Wikipedia

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   An open wound after debridement. Debridement is an essential element of effective wound care. [7] Although this view is deeply rooted in practice it is nonetheless based on empirical observation. Bradley et al. have stated that it is "unclear whether wound debridement is a beneficial process that expedites healing". [8]

6. Wound assessment - Wikipedia

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   Wound assessment is a component of wound management.As far as may be practical, the assessment is to be accomplished before prescribing any treatment plan. The objective is to collect information about the patient and about the wound, that may be relevant to planning and implementing the treatment.

7. Wound healing - Wikipedia

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   Timing is important to wound healing. Critically, the timing of wound re-epithelialization can decide the outcome of the healing. [11] If the epithelization of tissue over a denuded area is slow, a scar will form over many weeks, or months; [12] [13] If the epithelization of a wounded area is fast, the healing will result in regeneration.