Wound healing in 20 questions (english version)
Hester Colboc
In collaboration with Sylvie Meaume and Juliette Fontaine
Coordinated by Jean-François Nicolas
From the process involved to treatment and day-to-day management, Dr Hester Colboc answers essential questions about wound healing.
Hester Colboc is a dermatologist at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Rothschild Hospital in Paris.
Summary:
- 1. What are the different phases of normal wound healing?
- 2. What are the main factors involved in delayed wound healing?
- 3. Which medicinal products affect wound healing?
- 4. What is the impact of topical corticosteroids on wound healing?
- 5. Is there a difference between wound healing in acute and chronic wounds?
- 6. How should you clean wounds?
- 7. What are the specific features of wound healing in children?
- 8. What are the specific features of wound healing in the elderly?
- 9. How to manage wound healing in cancer patients?
- 10. What are the specific features of wound healing in patients with burn injuries?
- 11. What dressing should be used according to the appearance of the wound?
- 12. What role do dermocosmetics play in wound healing?
- 13. Is there a role for alternative therapies in wound healing?
- 14. What advice should be given to patients to achieve an optimal scar (postoperative and post-trauma)?
- 15. What is a pathological scar and why does it develop?
- 16. How do you treat pathological scars?
- 17. How do you treat and heal a leg ulcer?
- 18. How do you treat and heal a pressure sore?
- 19. How do you treat and heal a foot wound in a diabetic patient?
- 20. What is the relationship between wound healing and mental health?
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