debride
Clean dead tissue
To debride is to surgically remove dead, damaged, or infected tissue from a wound to promote healing.
The procedure clears away material that would otherwise delay recovery or harbor infection: The surgeon debrided the burn before grafting.
Debridement can be done with scalpels, enzymes, or specialized dressings.
Cutting out of tissue
- removalAct of taking away
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- scrapingRubbing away material
- maggot therapyWound cleaning via larvae
irrigation · lavage · curettage · dissection · resection
Of dying tissue
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
- devitalizedRobbed of life force
- gangrenousAffected by tissue death
fibrin · biofilm · debris · contaminated · nonviable · purulent · exudate · crusted
Precise surgical knife
Treatment of bodily injuries
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
- pressure ulcersTissue damage from compression
- wound managementTreatment of bodily injuries
- dressing changeApplying fresh wound covering
Making into small grains
- wound closureSealing an open injury
- tissue regenerationBiological self-repair of damage
- revascularizationRestoring tissue perfusion surgically
- tissue repairBiological wound healing process
excision
Cutting out of tissue
maggot therapy · irrigation · lavage · curettage · dissection · resection
necrotic
Of dying tissue
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
- devitalizedRobbed of life force
gangrenous · fibrin · biofilm · debris · contaminated · nonviable · purulent · exudate · crusted · desiccated
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
wound care
Treatment of bodily injuries
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
- pressure ulcersTissue damage from compression
- wound managementTreatment of bodily injuries
granulation
Making into small grains
- wound closureSealing an open injury
- tissue regenerationBiological self-repair of damage
- revascularizationRestoring tissue perfusion surgically
debridegraft
Illicit political gain
skin graft · transplant · implant · reconstruct · autograft