| We said it
on the front page and it's time to say it again....Pilonidal
excision is 10% surgery and 90% aftercare!
This section is a place
that we hope you will spend a lot of time on. Taking care of yourself
is a critical task and this is one area where your surgeon/GP is
only going to be of so much help. Wound healing is it's own science
and has it's own specialty field in medicine. Pilonidal wounds, in
particular, require far more care and special treatment than most
other wounds. Wound care is slightly different for closed incisions
and open healing, but many of the basics cover both.
There is a lot of
misinformation perpetuated by surgeons, doctors and even some nurses
when it comes to wound healing. The advice in this chapter is taken
directly from wound care specialist sources such as World Wide
Wounds and Wounds.com. We will admit right up front that we have
little faith in most doctors to give their patients proper wound
care instructions, which is why Aftercare is the most comprehensive
section in this web site.
Aftercare Topics:
Sources for this section:
WordWideWounds.com
WoundSource.com
JournalofWoundCare.com
Wound Care PDF's - all in medical jargon... Dictonary:
www.medterms.com
Managing Cavity
Wounds - Journal of Community Nursing 1998
Managing
Wound Sinuses - Nursing Times 2002
Management of
Surgical Wounds - Nursing Times 2003
Next Generation
Products for Wound Management - World Wide Wounds 2003
This page last updated:
02/15/2007
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