Regular debridement is the main tool for maintaining a healthy wound bed in most chronic wounds

J Wound Care. 2009 Feb;18(2):54-6. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2009.18.2.38743.

Abstract

Sharp debridement is the most clinically and cost-effective way of physically removing and suppressing a biofilm. Continued debridement, as part of a multifaceted treatment strategy, will keep the biofilm in a weakened state.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autolysis
  • Biofilms / growth & development
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Debridement / economics
  • Debridement / methods*
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Skin Care / economics
  • Skin Care / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wound Healing*
  • Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Wound Infection / prevention & control*