Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Review

Semin Plast Surg DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731791Wound healing is an intricate, tightly regulated process that is critical to maintaining the barrier function of skin along with preserving all other skin functions. This process can be influenced by a variety of modifiable and nonmodifiable factors. As wound healing takes place in all parts of the human body, this review focuses on cutaneous wound healing and highlights the classical wound healing phases. Alterations in any of these phases can promote chronic wound development and may impede wound healing. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Seminars in Plastic Surgery - July 15, 2021 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Almadani, Yasser H. Vorstenbosch, Joshua Davison, Peter Murphy, Amanda Tags: Review Article Source Type: research