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Facilitating Healing of Granulating Wounds: Dressings, Dermal Substitutes, and Other Methods

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Wounds created by skin cancer surgery often heal by secondary intention. Many novel options to assist in wound healing exist. This article reviews the biology of wound healing, indications for healing by secondary intention, types of dressings, categories, and brand names of tissue-engineered skin substitutes, as well as other wound healing modalities. The cost-benefit analysis must be considered given the expense of these newer technologies.

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  2. Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 16 E 60th Street 4th floor, New York, NY, 10022, USA

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Newsom, E.C., Connolly, K.L. & Nehal, K.S. Facilitating Healing of Granulating Wounds: Dressings, Dermal Substitutes, and Other Methods. Curr Derm Rep 4, 125–133 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13671-015-0108-3

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