What is it about?
An overview of the management of traumatic bite wound in small animal veterinary practice. This article covers the emergency stabilisation of the patient after being attacked and the initial wound management techniques that should be used to prevent further deterioration of this type of wound. It covered the use of bandaging and moist wound management techniques that can aid in healing and latest management.
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Why is it important?
This article mainly aims to highlight the early use of moist wound management during the inflammatory phase and how to manage these wounds to a point where surgical reconstruction can be considered. The main point is to highlight that early closure of these types of traumatic wounds can cause further tissue damage and may not be appropriate due to the high level of bacterial bioburden caused by a bite wound.
Perspectives
Myself and my co-author hoped this article would highlight how opting for surgical closure of these wounds at presentation can lead to wound dehiscence and further devitalisation/damage to tissue. We aimed to offer management options that can be used to help these wounds more through the inflammatory phase and create a healthy granulation bed ready for surgical reconstruction if needed.
Miss Amanda Jayne Curtis
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This page is a summary of: How to manage bite wounds in veterinary practice, The Veterinary Nurse, March 2018, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/vetn.2018.9.2.110.
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