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[Standardized wound documentation of chronic wounds]
G Deutschle1, S Coerper, M Witte
1Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Tübingen.
Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie
|August 7, 1999
Summary
Standardized documentation of chronic wounds is essential for assessing healing progress. This system facilitates objective wound evaluation, enabling timely therapeutic adjustments and legal protection.
Area of Science:
- Wound healing research
- Medical documentation systems
Context:
- Chronic wounds require long-term treatment and have complex causes.
- Standardized assessment is crucial for judging healing progression.
Purpose:
- To develop a system for standardized assessment of chronic wounds.
- To include defined parameters and graded divisions for objective evaluation.
Summary:
- The developed system standardizes chronic wound assessment using parameters like localization, size, injury degree, infection, and morphology.
- Plani metry and photographic documentation complement the system.
- This enables documented healing courses for retrospective analysis and early therapeutic changes.
Impact:
- Facilitates rapid retrospective analysis of wound healing.
- Enables timely adjustments to therapeutic strategies.
- Provides essential documentation for legal and administrative requirements.