Wounds

• Latest News
• Laser And Ultrasound Help Wounds Heal, in Rats (10/29/2004, Reuters Health)

• Overviews
• Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds (American Academy of Family Physicians)

• Treatment
• Drain and Suture Line Care for Wounds (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Helping Wounds Heal (Food and Drug Administration)
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (Virtual Hospital)
• Incision Care (American Academy of Family Physicians)
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• Incision Care (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
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• Reconstructive Surgery: Procedures at a Glance (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Wounds and Injuries (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Puncture Wounds (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Related Issues
• Staph Wound Infections and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Research
• Healing Touch of Cotton (Agricultural Research Service)

• Directories
• Certified Wound Specialists (American Academy of Wound Management)

• Statistics
• Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

• Children
• Caring for Stitches and Staples (Virtual Hospital)
• How Stitches Help Kids Heal (Nemours Foundation)
• Lacerations with Stitches (Children's Hospital Boston)
• Puncture Wounds (Virtual Hospital)
• What's a Scab? (Nemours Foundation)