Includes bibliographical references and index.

The physiology of wound bed preparation / Gregory S. Schultz -- The evolution of surgical wound management: toward a common language / Mark S. Granick and Mellick Chehade -- Diagnosis and surgical management in wound bacterial burden / Mayer Tenenhaus, Dhaval Bhavsar, and Hans Oliver Rennekampff -- Surgical management of fasciitis / Richard L. Gamelli -- Tangential debridement / Roy M. Kimble -- Debridement of pediatric burns / S.L.A. Jeffery -- Surgical debridement of open fractures / Peter V. Giannoudis and Costas Papakostidis -- Debridement of acute traumatic wounds (avulsion, crush, and high-powered) / Michael Suk -- Wound bed preparation prior to flap coverage / W. Thomas McClellan and L. Scott Levin -- Surgical debridement / Luc Téot -- Debridement of decubitus ulcers / Joseph V. Boykin -- The debridement of chronic vascular leg ulcers / Giovanni Mosti and Vincenzo Mattaliano -- Debridement of infected orthopedic prostheses / John S. Davidson and Eugene M. Toh -- Surgical debridement of diabetic foot ulcers / Luca Della Paola.