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Wound Cleaning and Debridement

Wound Cleaning and Debridement

Debridement is one of the wound cleaning methods and allows the tissue on open wounds to be cleaned. Debridement allows the wound to heal quickly and prevents infection. It is suitable for wound types such as ulcer, surgical wound, pressure sore, trauma.

What is Debridement?

Wound cleaning and debridement basically clean the dead tissue in the wound area. As the skin is cleaned, the wounds are ready to heal for the wound bed. There is a high risk of bacteria and infection in deep wounds. When harmful tissues are formed, the healing process takes a long time or different symptoms may occur. Debridement eliminates these effects and ensures rapid healing of the wound.

Debridement is used for cleaning dead tissues such as scab, foreign body, bone fragment, tissue residue, abscess material. Dead tissues in the wound adversely affect the healing process and wounds may not heal if they are not cleaned. Wound debridement is applied differently depending on factors such as wound depth and location.

Debridement Treatment Benefits

Wound cleaning and debridement is an important method that provides rapid and healthy healing of wounds. With debridement, the dead tissues on the wound are cleaned and the risk of infection is eliminated. Thus, there is no health problem such as the wound not healing due to harmful tissues. Debridement is applicable for many wounds and provides fast results.

 

• The formation of new vessels is prevented.

• Increases the effect of medical materials to be used in local treatment.

• Prevents bacterial growth.

• It prevents the wound surfaces from closing with the cell layer.

• It prevents the formation of inflammatory cytokines.

• Septic problems do not occur when debridement is performed.

• The fluid in the abscess is drained.

• The pressure on the muscle and nerve tissue is reduced.

• The wound heals faster as the physical factors that will prevent the wound from healing disappear.

Which Wounds Are Debrided?

Wound cleaning and debridement are used in the treatment of many types of wounds. There are a total of 32 types of wounds suitable for this procedure. Ulcer, skin flap loss, surgical wounds, pressure sores, skin damage, debridement are some wounds that can be treated. The course of treatment usually proceeds once a week. Different treatments can be performed according to factors such as the location of the wounds, their depth, and the age of the patient.