Written by a multi-disciplinary team of authors, this manual is a comprehensive guide to wound care - its healing and management, treatment and also prevention.

Divided into four sections, the book begins with an introduction to wound history, evolution and healing. The following chapters discuss general principles for wound management and then examine different types of wound in more depth, including radiation, diabetic foot infections, bites, vascular ulcers and pressure sores.

The final section looks at other factors influencing wound management, such as nutrition, physiotherapy, oxygen therapy and regulated negative pressure therapy
Key Points

" Comprehensive guide to wound care, healing, treatment and prevention

" Multidisciplinary author team presenting various approaches and viewpoints

" Discusses numerous different types of wound and appropriate treatments

" Includes section on other factors influencing healing such as nutrition and oxygen therapy

" Includes more than 450 images and illustrations


Table of Contents

Section 1 History and Healing
1. Evolution of Wound Care
2. Pathology of Wound Healing
3. Recent Advances in Wound Healing
4. Scars Following Wound Healing
5. Classification of Wounds

Section 2 General Principles for Wound Management
6. Wound Bed Preparation (Guidelines of International Advisory Board for WBP)
7. Initial Management of Life-threatening Wounds
8. Debridement-Preparing the Wound Bed for Cover
9. Dressings and Topical Agents in Wound Care
10. Surgical Closure of Wounds
11. Surgical Site Infection: Preventive Strategies
12. Fungal Wound Infections: Diagnosis and Management

Section 3 Types of Wounds and their Management
13. Crush Injuries of Limbs
14. Skin Avulsion Injuries
15. Medical Management of Diabetic Ulcer
16. Diabetic Foot Infections
17. Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot
18. Recent Advances in Management of Chronic Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
19. Vascular Ulcers
20. Vasculitic Ulcer
21. Healing and Management of Burn Wound
22. Management of Radiation Wounds
23. Management of Trophic Ulcer on Feet
24. Pressure Sores
25. Orthopedic Device Related Infections
26. Necrotizing Fasciitis: An Overview
27. Bite Wounds
28. Malignant Wounds
29. Chemo-Extravasation: Medical and Surgical Management
30. Gunshot Wounds
31. Reconstructive Modalities of Non-healing Wounds of Lower Limb
32. Foot Defects
33. Management of Upper Extremity Wounds
34. Issues in Neonatal Wound Management

Section 4 Miscellaneous
35. Role of Regulated Negative Pressure Therapy in Wound Healing
36. Role of Nutrition in Wound Healing
37. Role of Physiotherapy in Wound Healing
38. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Management of Wounds

Index