Treatment of wounds: general principles

Abstract

The treatment of complex wounds is considered a challenge to experts, due to many local and systemic aspects involved in the therapeutic success. This article aimed to discuss the general principles of wound treatment, to provide students and general physicians about basic concepts to be followed in all patients who have complex wounds. The universal concepts of wound treatment include full assessment of the patient as well as control of their comorbidities. In order to correctly treat a complex wound all physicians must pay attention to the nutritional status of the patients, to the control of pathologies and comorbidities, to a local or systemic wound infection, to relieve pressure and the addicted positions due to paralysis as well as contractions and spasms.