Alavi, Maibach Local Wound Care for Dermatologists

Focusing on local wound care specifically for the dermatologist, this concise text provides a go-to source for practitioners looking for a quick solution for many of the most common wounds as well as an update on what's new in the field. From the most basic principles of local wound care to a look at what upcoming therapies like stem cells and lasers can do, this text is comprehensive while staying under 200 pages. Since providing good quality local wound care requires a good knowledge of available products, their cost effectiveness, and the principles for the optimal interventions, Local Wound Care for Dermatologists will include these three guiding points in each chapter that focuses on a specific therapy. This is accompanied by multiple tables of drug-specific names, current price points, comparable products etc. Color images will also provide insight to a given wound and the various therapies available to treat it. While the basics are reviewed in the opening chapters, later chapters feature updates in therapies including chapters on what's new in skin substitutes, negative pressure wound therapy, oxygen therapy, and an update in cell based therapy.
Written with the dermatologist in mind, this title will find audience with students, residents, and practicing doctors alike. General practitioners and plastic surgeons will also find this title a useful refresher.