Online Gallery: A Look at Basic Wounds

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Successful wound care management requires intensive assessment, planning, and treatment. The following gallery presents a variety of wound types with multiple approaches to management, including basic wound care, medical maggots, and vacuum-assisted closure.

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Necrotic wound in a dog with extensive deep pyoderma. Within 24 hours after presentation, the patient is lost to sepsis secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphyloccal infection. Evaluating the entire animal is critical in developing a treatment plan and predicting prognosis.