Controlling wound healing through debridement

M. A. Jones, B. Song, D. M. Thomas

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    Abstract

    The formation of slough (dead tissue) on a wound is widely accepted as an inhibitor to natural wound healing. In this article, a system of differential equations that models slough/wound interaction is developed. We prove a threshold theorem that provides conditions on the amount of slough to guarantee wound healing. As a state-dependent time scale, debridement (the periodic removal of slough) is used as a control. We show that closure of the wound can be reached in infinite time by debriding.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1057-1064
    Number of pages8
    JournalMathematical and Computer Modelling
    Volume40
    Issue number9-10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 2004

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