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Wound: debridement
Introduction
- Removal of damaged tissue and contaminants.
Uses
- Removal of foreign material.
- Removal of devitalized tissue.
- Decrease bacterial numbers.
Alternative techniques
- Debridement can also be carried out with the use of wound dressings.
- Moist wound dressing products will encourage auto-debridement and wet-to-dry dressings will produce gradual mechanical debridement.
- These techniques are less rapid than surgical debridement but are less likely to result in unnecessary damage to local viable tissues.
- They may be used following limited surgical debridement.
Time required
Preparation
- Minutes.
Procedure
- Minutes.
Decision taking
Criteria for choosing test
- Devitalized tissue.
- Necrotic tissue.
- Debris.
Requirements
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Preparation
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Technique
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Aftercare
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Outcomes
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
Other sources of information
- Manual of Canine and Feline Wound Management and Reconstruction. (1999) Eds. Fowler, D and Williams, J M BSAVA, Cheltenham.
- Small Animal Wound Management (Second Edition). (1997) Swaim, S F and Henderson, R A. Williams and Wilkinson, Baltimore