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Advanced wound repair therapies
Edited by D Farrar and B Greener, Smith and Nephew, UK
Wound repair is an important and lucrative sector of the medical industry. Consequently significant and increasingly sophisticated biomaterials and strategies are continuously being developed. Advanced wound repair therapies provides readers with up-to-date information on fundamental, emerging and cutting-edge biomaterials concerned with healing internal and external surgical and traumatic wounds. Part 1 provides readers with an introduction to chronic wounds. Part 2 analyses therapies for chronic wounds. Chapters in part 3 discuss molecular therapies for chronic wounds whilst part 4 review biologically-derived and cell-based therapies for chronic wounds. The final group of chapters cover physical stimulation therapies for chronic wounds.
ISBN 1 84569 700 6
ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 700 6
Q2 2011
630 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
Approx. £160.00 / US$270.00 / €200.00
Not yet published
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Contents
Part 1 Introduction to chronic wounds: Introduction to wound healing; Dysfunctional wound healing in chronic wounds; The role of micro-organisms and biofilms in dysfunctional wound healing; Scarring and scarless wound healing; Monitoring wound colour and dimensions. Part 2 Biomaterial therapies for chronic wounds: Functional requirements of wound repair biomaterials; Tissue-biomaterial interaction; Repair and regeneration with biomaterial; Spray on wound care; Use of adhesives in wound healing; Assessing the effectiveness of antimicrobial wound dressings. Part 3 Molecular therapies for chronic wounds: Drug delivery dressings; Molecular and/or gene therapies for wound repair; Antimicrobial Dressings. Part 4 Biologically-derived and cell-based therapies for chronic wounds: Engineered tissues for wound repair; Commercialisation of engineered tissue products; Stem-cell therapies. Part 5 Physical stimulation therapies for chronic wounds: Electrical stimulation for wound healing; Therapeutic improvement of scarring; Therapies with emerging evidence of efficacy.