Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin : Diagnosis and Therapy - The Practical Approach

The healing of wounds is the very basic art of medicine which every physician should be able to master. Physicians and medical personnel seem often overwhelmed by the plethora of innovative topical preparations, dressing materials and advanced debridement techniques. Even specialists such as dermatologists and plastic surgeons may encounter difficulties in choosing the most appropriate treatment in the field of wound healing. **Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin** is a clinical guidebook which instructs the reader how to diagnose and treat wounds and cutaneous ulcers. This excellent and well-structured book introduces an algorithmic approach for the identification of ulcer etiology, together with step-by-step flow charts for therapy. It is especially valuable since it is not only written by experts, but the content of each of the chapters has also been peer-reviewed. This extraordinary work 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. 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. Basic Definitions and Introduction....Pages 1-5 Natural Course of Wound Repair Versus Impaired Healing in Chronic Skin Ulcers....Pages 7-17 Milestones in the History of Wound Healing....Pages 19-29 Etiology and Mechanisms of Cutaneous Ulcer Formation....Pages 31-52 Determining Etiology: History and Physical Examination....Pages 53-70 Determining Etiology: Biopsy and Laboratory Investigation....Pages 71-88 Ulcer Measurement and Patient Assessment....Pages 89-102 Dressing Materials....Pages 103-117 Debridement....Pages 119-134 Antibiotics, Antiseptics, and Cutaneous Ulcers....Pages 135-150 Topical Antibacterial Agents....Pages 151-158 Skin Grafting....Pages 159-163 Skin Substitutes and Tissue-Engineered Skin Equivalents....Pages 165-176 Human Skin Equivalents: When and How to Use....Pages 177-183 Growth Factors....Pages 185-192 Drugs, Wound Healing and Cutaneous Ulcers....Pages 193-208 Alternative Topical Preparations....Pages 209-215 Additional Topical Preparations....Pages 217-222 Nutrition and Cutaneous Ulcers....Pages 223-239 Therapeutic Approach to Cutaneous Ulcers According to Appearance....Pages 241-253 Appendix: Guidelines for Patients and Medical Staff....Pages 255-259 Instructs the reader how to diagnose and treat wounds and cutaneous ulcers. This clinical guidebook introduces an algorithmic approach for the identification of ulcer etiology, together with step-by-step flow charts for therapy. It offers helpful support to the physicians who treat acute and chronic cutaneous wounds - Not only written by experts but the content of each of the chapters has also been peer-reviewed. - Presents a step-by-step approach to the treatment of chronic wounds. - For dermatologists, but also many other medical disciplines such as general practitioners and family physicians who also treat chronic wounds.