Case Report

Approaches to Chronic Wound Care

10.5455/gulhane.180868

  • Ömer Coşkun
  • Günalp Uzun
  • Demirhan Dal
  • Şenol Yıldız
  • Yusuf Alper Sönmez
  • Yüksel Yurttaş
  • Adem Güler
  • Mesut Mutluoğlu
  • Şükrü Tekindur
  • Sabahattin Sarı
  • Mehmet Ali Şahin
  • Fatih Zor
  • Mehmet Tanyüksel

Received Date: 25.02.2015 Accepted Date: 28.06.2015 Gulhane Med J 2016;58(2):207-228

Chronic wounds, which are often overlooked, is an important health problem. There are several local and systemic factors that effects wound healing. Therefore, a patient with a wound should be evaluated as a whole and the management of the patient should follow the same approach. Management of a patient with a chronic wound requires close cooperation of physicians and other health care workers from related departments. In this review, we presented the multidisciplinary approaches of different departments, which have a role in the management of chronic wounds, as complementing each other.

Keywords: Chronic wound, treatment, multidisciplinary approach, wound care