T he process of debridement is an important step in the preparation of the wound bed in chronic wounds. Ways in which wound debridement can be achieved include surgical, sharp, mechanical, enzymatic and autolytic debridement. Expert opinion and clinical experience suggest that removal of the material such as necrotic tissue and fibrinous slough from the surface of a wound is necessary for the p...

OBJECTIVE a network meta-analysis was performed to compare the strength and weakness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with ultrasound debridement (UD) as for diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). METHODS PubMed, Ovid EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library databases, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database were searched till February 2015. Clinical compared studies of negative pressure wou...

Debridement is a crucial component of wound management. Traditionally, several types of wound debridement techniques have been used in clinical practice such as autolytic, enzymatic, biodebridement, mechanical, conservative sharp and surgical. Various factors determine the method of choice for debridement for a particular wound such as suitability to the patient, the type of wound, its anatomic...

OBJECTIVE To review the current evidence on the mechanism of actions and clinical applications of maggot debridement therapy. DATA SOURCES Literature search of PubMed and Medline was performed up to January 2007. STUDY SELECTION Original and major review articles related to maggot debridement therapy were reviewed. Key words used in the literature search were 'maggot debridement therapy', '...

Wounds that fail to heal quickly are often encountered by community nursing staff. An important step in assisting these chronic or stalled wounds progress through healing is debridement to remove devitalised tissue, including slough and eschar, that can prevent the wound from healing. A unique wound treatment called HydroTherapy aims to provide an optimal healing environment. The first step of ...

Debridement takes away nonvascularised tissue and cells that may obstruct wound contraction, the formation of granulation tissue and the migration of epithelial cells from the wound edge (Falanga, 2000) to create This article describes a new type of mechanical debridement that uses lowfrequency ultrasound technology, and presents case reports that highlight the use of the Sonoca® (Soring) ultra...

Maggot debridement is the deliberate use of larvae known to consume only necrotic tissue. A retrospective quality improvement analysis of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) was conducted among patients with devitalized tissue or gangrene attending a Canadian foot and leg ulcer clinic who received MDT between January 2001 and June 2006. MDT was applied every 48 hours until >90% of necrotic tissue ...