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Current Category: Debridement
What is mechanical debridement of bed sores?
Mechanical debridement of bed sores involves packing the open wound with damp dressings. When the dressing dry out they are pulled from the wound along with the (hopefully) dead tissue. This can be a painful process due to the fact that bits of live skin may actually be removed along… read more »
What is chemical debridement of bed sores?
Chemical debridement of bed sores involves the use of medically-prescribed enzymes to remove dead tissue. read more »
What is biological debridement of bed sores?
Biological debridement of bed sores involves the use of maggots to eat the decayed tissue from the wound. In addition to removing decayed tissue, the maggots clean harmful bacteria from the wound. The FDA approved the use of maggots to clean bed sores in 2004. read more »
What is autolytic debridement of bed sores?
Autolytic debridement is the use of moist dressings to promote bodies’ own enzymes to heal bed sores. Generally, this is considered to be a painless healing process. This may not be a feasible method of healing individuals who are in a weakened physical state as their body is not strong… read more »
What is surgical debridement of bed sores?
Surgical debridement is when a surgeon uses a scalpel to remove the dead tissue, bone and fluid from the area around the bed sore. Surgical debridement of the bed sore may be accompanied by ‘flap reconstruction’. Flap reconstruction is when tissue is harvested from a healthy area of the person’s… read more »
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