Tissue Healing
A 45-year-old diabetic patient undergoes knee arthroscopy. The surgeon is counseling her about wound healing and factors that may affect her recovery. She asks about the normal healing process and when she might expect the wound to regain strength. Regarding wound healing phases:
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
The inflammatory phase (days 0-7) involves hemostasis (platelet plug, fibrin clot), vasodilation, an...
The proliferative phase (days 4-21) involves angiogenesis, granulation tissue formation, fibroblast ...
Wound healing phases occur in random order; neutrophils are not required; macrophages inhibit healin...
The remodeling phase (3 weeks to 1-2 years) involves type III to type I collagen transition (ratio n...
Factors impairing wound healing include diabetes (impaired neutrophil function, microangiopathy), sm...
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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option