Wound Healing

How do wounds heal? What stitch would you use to close a wound and why? When would you not close a wound? What do you do when a wound looks infected? Seem like easy questions but would you be able to answer them?? In the first of a series of podcasts on plastic surgery, Benjamin Baker talks to Jill Arrowsmith about aspects of wound healing. Types of wounds healing are discussed. Primary closure, delayed primary closure healing by secondary intention are explained as well as granulation tissue, types of suture and what suture to use and why. How wounds heal is explained as well as hypertrophic scars and keloid formation. How to recognise and manage wound infection is also covered in this podcast. Mapped to medical finals and ISCP curriculum this podcast is essential listening for medical students and trainees in surgery. Benjamin Baker is an Academic Foundation Doctor at the University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital. Jill Arrowsmith is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at the renowned Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital, UK