Wound Healing for Plastic Surgeons, An Issue of Clinics in Pl... - 9781455749263

Wound Healing for Plastic Surgeons, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic SurgeryAuthor(s): Mark S. Granick\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, United Kingdom\nImprint: W B Saunders Co Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781455749263, 978-1455749263\nSynopsis\nPlastic Surgery's pre-eminence in the field of surgical wound management is enhanced with clinical information in this publication. A surgeon involved with an international team training surgeons throughout the world in wound technology leads this issue, presenting advances in wound technology. Wound technology has enabled plastic surgeons to treat a wide variety of wounds successfully and has transformed wound surgery to a thriving, cutting edge specialty. Topics include: Debridement; Microbial Barrier Protection; Harnessing Growth Factors to Influence Wound Healing; Regenerative Materials that Facilitate Wound Healing; Compression and Venous surgery to treat VLUs; Early Experience with Stem Cells in treating Chronic Wounds; Hyperbari.