Novel advancements in wound healing

Ghaderi, Reza; Afshar, mohammad

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Ghaderi R, Afshar M. Novel advancements in wound healing. Journals of Birjand University of Medical Sciences 2014; 21 (1) :1-19
URL: http://journal.bums.ac.ir/article-1-1561-en.html

Novel advancements in wound healing

Reza Ghaderi ^*

¹, Mohammad Afshar²

1- Department of Dermatology and Lazer, faculty of medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran , rezaghaderi@yahoo.com
2- Department of Anatomy, faculty of medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

Abstract: (29474 Views)

Maintaining skin integrity is vital in humans and animals to protect the organisms against dehydration, bleeding, and ingress of microorganisms. In order to do this, in Man and other evolved animals a sophisticated mechanism of wound healing occurs. At first the gap is quickly filled with a thin layer of fibrinous exudate, re-epithelialized, and rapidly replaced by new matrix. It is obvious that the speed of wound healing depends upon many factors such as the size of the wound, blood supply to the area, presence or absence of foreign bodies and microorganisms, age, health and nutritional status of the patient of the patient. Acute and chronic wounds care has extremely changed in recent years. Recenly, some traditional medications )honey and other herbal medications( and new procedures are available that can be used to accelerate the healing of skin wounds.In the present article the most novel advances made in wound care and management in recent years were reviewed.

Keywords: Wound healing, Management, Wound care

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Type of Study: Review | Subject: Histology
Received: 2014/01/14 | Accepted: 2014/04/7 | ePublished: 2014/06/9