Management of surgical wounds
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Management of surgical wounds
Nurs Times.
2003 Apr.
Abstract
Most surgical wounds are categorised as acute wounds, healing without complication in an expected time frame (Bale and Jones, 1997). However, like all wounds, healing is affected by intrinsic and extrinsic factors that may result in complications.
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