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Introduction to Wound Healing Physiology Content Creators: Members of the South West Regional Wound Care Programs Clinical Practice and Knowledge Translation Learning Collaborative Last Updated August 27, 2015 Learning Objectives 1.

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Last Updated August 27, 2015

Content Creators: Members of the South West Regional Wound Care Program’s Clinical Practice and Knowledge Translation Learning Collaborative

Introduction to Wound Healing Physiology

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1. Describe the various Wound Healing Models 2. Describe the three phases of wound healing:

  • Inflammatory
  • Proliferative
  • Remodeling

3. Understand the various factors that may impact wound healing:

  • Intrinsic
  • Extrinsic
  • Iatrogenic

Learning Objectives

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  • Most images/illustrations obtained via Google Images
  • Some images obtained from the CAWC slide series

Photographs and Illustrations

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  • Cascade of immunologic and biologic events resulting in a

closed wound

  • Acute wounds proceed through the processes involved in

wound healing in an orderly and timely manner

  • Chronic wounds fail to heal in a timely and orderly manner
  • Viability of tissues will determine the course and quality of

healing

What is ‘Wound Healing’?

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WOUND HEALING MODELS

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  • Superficial wound healing
  • Primary intention wound healing
  • Delayed primary intention wound healing
  • Partial thickness wound healing
  • Full thickness/secondary intention healing

Wound Healing Model Types

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  • Ulcerations in the superficial skin
  • Soft tissues heal themselves over time via inflammatory repair

process

  • I.e. stage I pressure ulcer, superficial burn, or contusion

Superficial Wound Healing

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  • A.k.a. Surgical wound healing
  • Connective tissue deposition and epithelialization
  • No granulation tissue formation or wound contraction

Primary Intention Wound Healing

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  • Wound left open to:
  • Promote drainage
  • Reduce bacterial burden
  • Later (often within seven days) surgically closed

Delayed Primary Intention

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  • Wounds with loss of the epidermis or partial thickness skin

loss of the dermis

  • Heal by epithelialization/regeneration
  • Wound edges
  • Dermal appendages
  • Normal appearance and function
  • I.e. abrasions, skin tears, stage II pressure ulcers, blisters, and

partial thickness burns

Partial Thickness Wound Healing

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  • Most effective method when:
  • The wound extends through all layers of skin
  • High microorganism count
  • Debris or non-viable tissue present
  • Involves inflammation, epithelialization, proliferation, and

remodeling

  • Scar tissue formation and contraction
  • Replacement tissue will have less

elasticity/tensile strength

Full Thickness/Secondary Intention Healing

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What Healing Model do These Wounds Represent?

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  • Associated with secondary intention
  • A chronic wound is one that has “failed to proceed though an
  • rderly and timely process to produce anatomic and

functional integrity, or proceeded through the repair process without establishing a sustained anatomic and functional result”6

Chronic Wound Healing

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PHASES OF WOUND HEALING

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  • Every wound is unique, “with a unique set of physiologic and

social circumstances preventing or retarding wound healing”1.

  • The normal wound repair process consists of three phases

that occur in a predictable sequence1:

▫ Inflammation ▫ Proliferation ▫ Remodeling

Wound Healing Phases

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  • “The end result of uncomplicated healing is a fine scar with

little fibrosis, minimal if any wound contraction, and a return to near normal tissue architecture and organ function”1

  • If a wound does not heal in an timely and/or orderly fashion
  • r if there is a lack of structural integrity, then the wound is

considered chronic1,2

Healing Phases

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The Inflammatory Phase

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  • Immediately initiated by tissue injury
  • Body’s immune system reaction:
  • Redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function
  • Typically lasts 3-7 days
  • Goals:
  • Hemostasis (coagulation cascade – stops bleeding and prevents

bacterial infiltration)

  • Breakdown and removal of debris (natural autolysis)
  • Major cell types: platelets (clot formation and cytokine release) and

white blood cells

Inflammatory Phase1

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Results in typical signs/symptoms of inflammation: redness, heat, swelling  pain and functional limitations

  • Key processes:
  • Coagulation cascade (platelet activation and hemostasis)
  • Mitogenesis and chemotaxis of growth factors
  • Controlled tissue degradation
  • Perfusion
  • Hypoxia and regulatory function of oxygen-tension gradient
  • Complement system activation to control infection
  • Neutrophil, macrophage, mast, fibroblast cell functions
  • Keratinocyte activation
  • Current of injury stimulus

Inflammatory Phase Continued

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Trauma to skin (and bleeding) Release of epinephrine and intense vasoconstriction (5-10 minutes) to blood loss Release of inflammatory mediators (histamine, prostaglandins) from mast cells Active vasodilation and increased capillary permeability (within 10-30 minutes) = blood, O2, nutrients Platelet adhesion at the site of injury and clot formation/hemostasis (wound is temporarily closed)

Inflammatory Phase Continued1

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Neutrophils appear, followed by macrophages (kill bacteria and emulsify necrotic tissue) Influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and mononuclear leukocytes, which mature to macrophages, and later to lymphocytes Protein rich serum enters the interstitial space Fibronectin is deposited, which creates a scaffolding on which fibroblasts can migrate into

Inflammation Continued1

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Activated neutrophils release free O2 radicals and lysosomal enzymes (proteases, collagenases, elastases) which fight infection and clean the wound1,3 Lymphocytes appear in greater numbers, which attract fibroblasts and clear the wound of old neutrophils1,4 Click on the film strip to watch a short video on the Inflammatory Phase of wound healing

Inflammation

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  • NOTE:
  • The formation of slough during the inflammatory phase is not

uncommon

  • Slough is the result of the accumulation of cellular debris
  • Slough may be creamy and yellow
  • May be combined with fibrin

Slough

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The Proliferative Phase

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  • Occurs 2-21 days after injury
  • Goal:
  • Formation of granulation tissue (fills in the wound)
  • Angiogenesis
  • Contraction (pulling edges together)
  • Epithelialization (covering of wound)
  • Major cell types:
  • Fibroblasts (scar formation)
  • Endothelial cells (angiogenesis)
  • Epithelial cells (re-epithelization)

Proliferation Phase1,5

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Macrophages stimulate the fibroblasts to produce GAGS and immature collagen (increases wound tensile strength) Macrophages promote the formation of new blood vessels from endothelial cells of damaged vessels (angiogenesis) New blood vessels = new blood supply to granulation tissue Collagen fibers cross-link to increase their strength Click on the film strip to watch a short video on angiogenesis

Proliferation Continued

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Wound contraction Wound re-epithelialization

Proliferative Phase Continued

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  • Wound contraction:
  • Starts one week after wounding (once wound filled with

granulation tissue)

  • Some fibroblasts will transform to smooth muscle actin

(myofibroblasts)

  • Secure attachments, drawing the wound edges closer
  • At the same time, collagen is synthesized, deposited, and cross

linked, holding the wound in place

  • Process results in:
  • Increased scaring
  • Decreased risk of infection
  • Increased wound closure rate

Wound Contraction

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Of epithelial cells

  • Wound re-epithelialization:
  • Mobilization
  • Migration
  • Mitosis
  • Cellular differentiation

Wound Epithelialization

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Schematic of Epithelialization

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The Maturation Phase

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  • Starts by 3 weeks after injury
  • Homeostasis between collagen synthesis and degradation,

and wound remodeling begins

  • Process continues for up to 2 years – collagen structurally re-
  • rganized to increase tensile strength
  • A plateau is reached – healed wound will never exceed 80%

strength

  • Major cell types:
  • Growth factors
  • Collagenases

Maturation Phase1

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ECM degraded and re-synthesized Mature collagen laid down and realigned Decrease in the number of fibroblasts Increase in tensile strength of wound

Maturation Continued

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Click on the film strip to watch a video on the complete wound healing process

Review of Wound Healing Processes

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FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND HEALING

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  • Intrinsic factors (underlying pathology)
  • Extrinsic factors (environmental influences)
  • Iatrogenic factors (inappropriate management)

Impediments to Wound Healing

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  • Age
  • Chronic disease and immunosuppression
  • Perfusion and oxygenation
  • Neurologically impaired skin
  • A. Intrinsic Factors
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  • 20% decrease in dermal thickness leads to thinning of

the skin

  • Epidermal-dermal papillae become flattened, increasing

susceptibility to friction and shear

  • Loss of penetrability to substances in the environment –

irritants more readily absorbed

  • Elastin fibers are lost – skin less

elastic

Effects of Aging on Skin

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  • Dermis atrophies:
  • Slows wound contraction
  • Increases risk of dehiscence
  • Diminished dermis vascularity
  • Subcutaneous fat atrophies

(most noticeable in face, backs of hands and shins)

  • Collagen in the skin reduces (collagen

fibers become compressed)

Aging Effects on Skin

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  • Blood vessels become thinner and more fragile causing small

hemorrhages called senile purpura

  • Reduction in sweat glands and sebum resulting in decreased

skin hydration (dry, itchy, inelastic skin)

Skin and Aging

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  • Affect cardiopulmonary system and oxygen transport pathway
  • Diabetes are at risk for poor healing due to
  • Hyperglycemia (increases risk of infection)
  • Microvascular/neuropathic components
  • Immunosuppression (diabetes, cancer, HIV, AIDS) results in

lack of ability to promote immune response

Chronic Disease

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  • Anemia:
  • Reduced hemoglobin
  • Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood
  • Hypovolemia:
  • Insufficient volume to transport oxygen and nutrients to tissue

and to remove waste

  • Diminishes leukocyte activity
  • Diabetes:
  • Increased peripheral arterial disease
  • Results in stenosis and occlusion – ischemia and ulceration

Perfusion and Oxygenation

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  • Peripheral neuropathy result of chronic diabetes and

alcoholism

  • Types of neuropathy:
  • Sensory
  • Autonomic
  • Motor
  • CNS neuropathy (spinal cord injury)

Neurologically Impaired Skin

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  • Medications
  • Nutrition
  • Irradiation/chemo
  • Stress
  • Bio burden
  • B. Extrinsic Factors
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  • Anticoagulation, antiplatelet aggregation, and NSAIDS:
  • Impair platelet activations
  • Results in decreased collagen production
  • Steroids:
  • Topically or systemically
  • Inhibit macrophage levels
  • Reduce immunocompetent lymphocytes
  • Decrease antibody production
  • Diminish antigen processing
  • Vitamin E

Medications

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  • Protein malnutrition
  • Insufficient calories
  • Lack of vitamin A and C, zinc, iron
  • Dehydration

Nutrition

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  • Irradiation:
  • Disrupts cell mitosis
  • Injures fibroblasts and endothelial cells (repair cells)
  • Poor vasculature
  • Chemo:
  • Damages DNA and/or prevents DNA repair
  • Induced peripheral neuropathy

Irradiation and Chemo

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  • Induces release of cortisol that can:
  • Up or down regulate proinflammatory cytokine production
  • Suppress migration of neutrophils and synthesis of

proinflammatory mediators, which leads to decreased macrophage function and suppression of fibroblast proliferation and matrix degradation that affects the duration and strength of the wound

Stress

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  • Presence of devitalized tissue or foreign material in wound:
  • Prevents epithelialization
  • Contributes to proliferation of bacteria

Bio burden

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  • Local ischemia:
  • Inappropriate application of compression
  • Smoking
  • Inappropriate wound care:
  • Misuse of antiseptics
  • Skin tears and blisters from tape
  • Wound desiccation or over hydration
  • Frequent dressing changes
  • Trauma:
  • Retards healing
  • Alters tensions of respiratory gasses in wounds
  • Increases risk of infection
  • Wound extent and duration
  • C. Iatrogenic Factors
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1. Wound Healing Models 2. Phases of wound healing:

  • Inflammatory
  • Proliferative
  • Remodeling

3. Factors that may impact wound healing:

  • Intrinsic
  • Extrinsic
  • Iatrogenic

Review

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For more information visit: www.swrwoundcareprogram.ca

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