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1. Tell us about the role of the macrophage and lymphocyte in wound healing.
2. Tell us about fibronectin, ground substance and collagen. How long does collagen increase? When is the wound strong? Does it ever attain the full strength of unwounded skin?
3. What does infection do to the wound healing process?
4. What do steroids do to wound healing? How do you treat these patients?
5. How does diabetes affect wound healing?
6. How does smoking affect wound healing?
7. How does chemotherapy affect wound healing?
8. Your patient asks you, "Doctor, can I use vitamin E, zinc, aloe vera, or cocoa butter on my scar?" What do you say?
9. Review epithelial and platelet derived factors. Read Clinics in Plastic Surgery 1990, p.421; PRS 1991, 88:189; Annals of PS 1992, 29:123.
10. Mothers all over America tell kids not to get their sutures wet. Can they be wrong? (Amer Journal of Surgery 1981, vol. 141:358; PRS 1988, vol.81:82)
11. What does anemia do to wound healing?
12. Tell us about the role of the myofibroblast and how contraction takes place.
13. What is the best solution for a wet to dry dressing? (PRS 75:394, 1985 & Annals of PS 27: 265, 1991)
14. Does silicone gel sheeting decrease scarring?
15. Does electrical stimulation help wounds heal? (PRS 89:891, 1992; Annals of PS 29: 328, 1992)
16. How is a keloid different biochemically and histologically from a normal scar?
17. Tell us about the successful treatments for keloids. Read PRS 84:829, 1989.
18. How are oxygen free radicals generated and what is their role in wound healing?
19. Does a paraplegic heal as well as a non-paraplegic? Read PRS 98:1063, 1996.
20. What suture is best to get the prettiest wound? Read PRS 98:817, 1996.
21. How is fetal wound healing different from yours?
22. What role does zinc play in wound healing?
23. Do you advocate vacuum-assisted closure? (Annals 1997; 38:553 & 563)
24. What does Toradol do to wound healing? (Annals of Plastic Surgery 37:147, 1996)
25. Discuss the 5 types of collagen.
26. Discuss the classic principles of wound closure by Halsted.