- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Surgical terms
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Perioperative practice
- Chapter 2 Professional issues in perioperative practice
- Chapter 3 Admission of surgical patients
- Chapter 4 Pre-assessment of surgical patients
- Chapter 5 Patients with pre-existing disease
- Chapter 6 Preparing the patient for theatre
- Chapter 7 Principles of anaesthesia
- Chapter 8 Essential anaesthetic equipment
- Chapter 9 Scientific principles
- Chapter 10 Airway management
- Chapter 11 Complications associated with anaesthesia
- Chapter 12 Specialist anaesthesia
- Chapter 13 Decontamination and sterilisation
- Chapter 14 Thermoregulation
- Chapter 15 Patient skin preparation
- Chapter 16 Operating theatre practice
- Chapter 17 Patient positioning for surgery
- Chapter 18 Wound management
- Chapter 19 Surgical equipment
- Chapter 20 Preparation of the recovery room
- Chapter 21 Caring for the post-anaesthesia patient
- Chapter 22 Perioperative pharmacology
- Chapter 23 Pain management
- Chapter 24 Perioperative drugs
- Chapter 25 Fluid therapy and fluid replacement
- Chapter 26 Emergency care
- Index
(p. 335) Wound management
- Chapter:
- (p. 335) Wound management
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199239641.003.0018
Surgical incisions 336
Haemostasis 338
Wound closure 340
Needles 342
Dressings 344
Wound drains 346
A surgical incision is when an intentional cut or wound is made on the body usually involving a sharp instrument (scalpel or blade).
A badly placed incision can have a detrimental impact on the healing of the wound, causing haematomas, wound dehiscence (break down), and an increased risk of infections. Also, psychologically, an ugly, inappropriately large or disfiguring scar can influence the patient’s perception of the surgery and impact their quality of life afterwards....
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- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Surgical terms
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Perioperative practice
- Chapter 2 Professional issues in perioperative practice
- Chapter 3 Admission of surgical patients
- Chapter 4 Pre-assessment of surgical patients
- Chapter 5 Patients with pre-existing disease
- Chapter 6 Preparing the patient for theatre
- Chapter 7 Principles of anaesthesia
- Chapter 8 Essential anaesthetic equipment
- Chapter 9 Scientific principles
- Chapter 10 Airway management
- Chapter 11 Complications associated with anaesthesia
- Chapter 12 Specialist anaesthesia
- Chapter 13 Decontamination and sterilisation
- Chapter 14 Thermoregulation
- Chapter 15 Patient skin preparation
- Chapter 16 Operating theatre practice
- Chapter 17 Patient positioning for surgery
- Chapter 18 Wound management
- Chapter 19 Surgical equipment
- Chapter 20 Preparation of the recovery room
- Chapter 21 Caring for the post-anaesthesia patient
- Chapter 22 Perioperative pharmacology
- Chapter 23 Pain management
- Chapter 24 Perioperative drugs
- Chapter 25 Fluid therapy and fluid replacement
- Chapter 26 Emergency care
- Index