Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin || Topical Antibacterial Agents

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• Book ID: 121472218
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 150 KB
• Edition: 2005
• Category: Article
• ISBN-13: 9783540212751
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26761-1_11

✦ Synopsis

Even Specialists Such As Dermatologists And Plastic Surgeons May Encounter Difficulties In Choosing The Most Appropriate Treatment In The Field Of Wound Healing. This Clinical Guidebook Instructs The Reader On How To Diagnose And Treat Wounds And Cutaneous Ulcers. It Introduces An Algorithmic Approach For The Identification Of Ulcer Etiology, Together With Step-by-step Flow Charts For Therapy. Offers Helpful Support To All Physicians Who Treat Acute And Chronic Cutaneous Wounds Such As Dermatologists, General Practitioners And Family Physicians, Plastic And General Surgeons, As Well As Orthopedic And Vascular Surgeons. Further, It Will Also Be Of Assistance For Physicians From Other Branches, Such As Diabetologists, Internists, And Geriatricians, Who Often Encounter The Need To Treat Chronic Wounds. Basic Definitions And General Overview -- Natural Course Of Wound Repair Vs Impaired Healing In Chronic Cutaneous Ulcers -- Milestones In The History Of Wound Healing -- Etiology And Mechanisms Of Cutaneous Ulcer Formation -- Determining Etiology -- Ulcer Measurement And Patient Assessment -- Dressing Materials -- Debridement -- Antibiotics, Antiseptics And Cutaneous Ulcers -- Topical Antibacterial Agents -- Skin Grafting -- Skin Substitutes And Tissue -- Engineered Skin Equivalents -- Human Skin Equivalents: When And How To Use? -- Growth Factors -- Drugs, Wound Healing And Cutaneous Ulcers -- Alternative Topical Preparations -- Additional Preparations -- Nutrition And Cutaneous Ulcers -- Therapeutic Approach To Cutaneous Ulcers According To Appearance -- Appendix: Guidelines For Patients And Medical Staff. A. Shai, H.i. Maibach. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.