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Debridement for surgical wounds: Cochrane review.

Smith, Fiona C; Dryburgh, Nancy; Donaldson, Jayne H; Mitchell, Melloney

Authors

Fiona C Smith

Nancy Dryburgh

Jayne H Donaldson

Melloney Mitchell



Abstract

Surgical wounds that become infected are often debrided because clinicians believe that removal of this necrotic or infected tissue will expedite wound healing. There are numerous methods available but no consensus on which one is most effective for surgical wounds.

Citation

Smith, F. C., Dryburgh, N., Donaldson, J. H., & Mitchell, M. (2011). Debridement for surgical wounds: Cochrane review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006214.pub3

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 11, 2011
Deposit Date Jun 27, 2012
Electronic ISSN 1469-493X
Publisher Cochrane Collaboration
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006214.pub3
Keywords Surgical wounds; infection; debridement;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5540
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006214.pub3/abstract



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