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Regular debridement is the main tool for maintaining a healthy wound bed in most chronic wounds
Abstract
Sharp debridement is the most clinically and cost-effective way of physically removing and suppressing a biofilm. Continued debridement, as part of a multifaceted treatment strategy, will keep the biofilm in a weakened state
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Self-citationChronic wounds and the medical biofilm paradigm
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- Authors
- Wolcott, R. D., Kennedy, J. P., & Dowd, S. E.
- Venue
- Journal of Wound Care
- Publisher
- Mark Allen Group
- Published
- 2009-02
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 54-56
- ISSN
- 0969-0700 (ISSN-L)
- 2052-2916
- OpenAlex
- W2131067445
- Cited by
- 218
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 10.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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