Chronic wounds represent a significant medical burden. Such wounds fail to normally
progress through the stages of healing, often complicated by a proinflammatory milieu …

Chronic wounds, including diabetic and venous ulcers, represent disruption of normal
healing processes resulting in a pathological state of nonhealing cutaneous inflammation …

Wound dressings have undergone an evolutionary process from natural materials that
simply covered and concealed the wound, to materials that focused on moisture …

Wounds are unique in so far as no disease process other than wounds would have existed
from the beginning of mankind. Over the years, the management of wounds, especially that …

Principle-based topical therapy is a key element of effective wound care. Most products on
the market provide passive support for wound healing by creating an environment favorable …

The challenge to balance limited resources with infinite demand has encouraged an
evolution in the way health care services are managed and operated. Chronic wound …

Wound therapy improves every year by developing new wound treatment options or by
advancing already existing wound materials, for example, adding self‐releasing analgesic …

Wound healing is a complex process that often becomes problematic in complicated
patients. When abnormal wound healing occurs, there are many possible ways to intervene …

This review attempts to clarify the developments of novel types of'bioactive'dressings as well
as tissue-engineered'skin substitutes'. This is an evolving field, where emerging products try …

Abstract Purpose of Review This comprehensive review covers the advantage and
limitations of some dressing materials and the current knowledge on wound dressings and …