Centrifugal Debridement Using Advanced Surgical Technology
October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Modern literature on debridement initially centered on the life-saving benefits of debriding wounds sustained during war. The impact of debridement on decreasing war wound-related mortality was so profound that a century ago the concept of radical debridement became a dogmatic imprint on surgical mentality that has only recently been challenged.1,2
CUTTING THROUGH THE CONFUSION
October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The TWC Editorial Board labored over how to address the important, controversial, and confusing topic of debridement. An integral part of the day-to-day care provided in hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments (HOPDs), debridement removes devitalized tissue from a wound that otherwise would be slower to heal, at higher risk for infection, and not receptive to more advanced topical treatments such as wound matrix technology, negative pressure wound therapy, growth factors, and bioengineered tissues.
