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Review
. 2007 Jul-Aug;34(4):412-5; quiz 416-7.
doi: 10.1097/01.WON.0000281658.71072.e6.

Effect of aging on wound healing: current concepts

Joyce Pittman  1
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Effect of aging on wound healing: current concepts

Joyce Pittman. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2007 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The population is aging, and advanced age is commonly identified as a risk factor for delayed wound healing. Therefore, it is important for WOC nurses to be knowledgeable about how aging affects the wound healing and repair process, and strategies they can use to promote healing in the elderly population. Impaired wound healing in the aged is due partly to comorbidities common among the elderly, but evidence also suggests that inherent differences in cellular structure and function may impair tissue repair and regeneration as well. This article will address the effect of aging on wound healing, with a particular focus on processes of cellular senescence and related factors hypothesized to result in slowed or impaired wound healing in the elderly.

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