Our aging population, combined with an increase incidence of both diabetes and obesity, has fueled the need for better care of acute and chronic wounds associated with these diseases. Interventional Wound Healingfocuses on what modern surgery can do to accelerate the healing of such wounds. Utilizing case studies alongside background and in-depth analysis for each technique with color images and videos, this book is intended to guide the reader in surgical and non-surgical procedures to assist with wound closure. Edited by the medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Wound Care Center, Interventional Wound Healingtakes the plastic surgeon's point of view on wound care and various surgical and non-surgical interventional treatments. Where the typical wound care book addresses bandaging and dressing of various surface wounds, Interventional Wound Healingdelves into the surgical and interventional procedures that can effectively treat both acute and chronic wounds. Written for wound care professional including physicians, podiatrists, nurses, residents and students this book features three distinct sections covering surgical methods and techniques, amputation, and interventional techniques, paying special attention to skin grafts, flaps, and substitutions, as well as arterial and venous interventions.
Contents Foreword Christopher E. Attinger SECTION I: SURGICAL METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 1. Surgical Debridement Joshua A. David and Ernest S. Chiu 2. Bacterial Control Jessica D. Smith, Indranil Sinha, and Douglas L. Helm 3. Amputations of the Lower Extremity Joseph Park, Tammer Elmarsafi, and John S. Steinberg 4. Gastrocsoleus Lengthening Christopher P. Chiodo 5. Operative Management of Pressure Injuries Dennis P. Orgill 6. Forefoot Operations Paul J. Kim 7. Hindfoot Operations Alec A. Macaulay and Jeremy Smith 8. Skin Grafting Lifei Guo, Jillian L. Fortier, and Charles L. Castiglione 9. Local and Regional Flaps Raman Mehrzad, Daniel Kwan, Scott Schmidt, and Paul Y. Liu 10. Perforator Flaps Joon Pio (Jp) Hong, Donghoon Choi, and Hyunsuk (Peter) Suh 11. Free Tissue Transfer Benjamin J. Mitchell, Michael V. DeFazio, and Karen Kim Evans 12. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Lauren R. Bayer 13. Matrices and Dermal Substitutes for Wound Treatment Sumanas W. Jordan, Sergey Y. Turin, Eric Robert Zielinski, and Robert D. Galiano SECTION II: INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES 14. Arterial Diagnostics Kaspar Trocha and Samir K. Shah 15. Minimally Invasive Arterial Interventions for Wounds Dean J. Arnaoutakis and Edwin C. Gravereaux 16. Endovascular Venous Interventions Chieh-Min Fan
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