debridement
Sign in to saveDebridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), or by maggot therapy.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Debridement
- Medical intervention.Image
- Necrotizing fasciitis left leg debridement.JPEG
- Medical intervention.Caption
- Necrotic tissue from the left leg is being surgically debrided in a patient with necrotizing fasciitis.
- Medical intervention.ICD10
- 0?D
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D003646
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9 sectionsContents
- Types
- Surgical debridement
- Autolytic debridement
- Enzymatic debridement
- Mechanical debridement
- Maggot therapy
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Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), or by maggot therapy.
In podiatry, practitioners such as chiropodists, podiatrists and foot health practitioners remove conditions such as calluses and verrucas.