Innovations and Advances in Wound Healing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Basics of Wound Healing

   • Seung-Kyu Han

   Pages 1-37

3. Interactive Wound Dressings

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   Pages 39-61

4. Biologic Dermis Graft

   • Seung-Kyu Han

   Pages 63-82

5. Tissue-Engineered Dermis Graft

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   Pages 83-106

6. Atypical Island Flaps

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   Pages 107-118

7. Management of Chronic Wounds: With Focus on Diabetic Ulcers

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   Pages 119-150

8. Infection, Debridement, and Biofilm

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   Pages 151-182

9. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy

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   Pages 183-200

10. Growth Factor Therapy

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    Pages 201-213

11. Cell Therapy

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    Pages 215-248

12. Adjunctive Therapy

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    Pages 249-262

13. Injectable Tissue-Engineered Soft Tissue

    • Seung-Kyu Han

    Pages 263-287

This book presents state of the art knowledge on new techniques and materials that can improve functional and aesthetic results in wound healing while reducing invasiveness, based on the author's extensive personal experience. The aim is to equip the practitioner with all the information required in order to select a strategy that will accelerate wound healing and minimize both the risk of complications and scar formation after the wound has fully healed. The opening chapters set the stage by providing an overview of wound healing, including brief descriptions of the anatomy of the skin, the wound healing process, and advanced wound dressings. A full description follows of the various methodologies employed in repairing acute wounds with the goal of achieving optimal functional and cosmetic outcomes while utilizing the safest and least invasive method. Treatment protocols that have proven successful in closing nonhealing and/or delayed healing chronic wounds are then presented. The closing chapter addresses aesthetic procedures using advanced technology in wound healing. The text is supported by more than 1170 full color photos.

• Cell Therapy
• Dermis Graft
• Optimal Outcomes
• Scar Formation
• Tissue Engineering
• Wound Healing

“The author wishes to offer a novel approach to wound healing that will minimize risk and optimize the benefits. … General or plastic surgeons who wish to learn more about the difficult task of healing complicated wounds will find value in this book.” (Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2016)

• Director of Diabetic Wound Center, Director of Cell Therapy Laboratory, Korea University College of Medicine and Korea University Guro Hospital, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

  Seung-Kyu Han

Seung-Kyu Han, MD, PhD., is a professor in Plastic surgery at Korea University College of Medicine and a director of Diabetic Wound Center at Korea University Guro Hospital.

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