Wound healing

Wound healing is important in surgery and occasions discussed in pathology. It depends on local factors and systemic factors.

Local factors

These include:

• Size of wound.
• Vascularization.
• Presence of infection.
• Etiology of wound.
• Presence of foreign bodies.
• Wound motion/tension.
• Presence of neoplasm.

Systemic factors

These include:

• Nutritional status.
• Cardiovascular disease.
• Endocrine conditions - diabetes mellitus, excessive steroids.
• Systemic diseases - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
• Systemic infection.

diabetes, malnutrition, cardiovascular disease, collagen vascular disease, systemic infection

See also

• Basics.