ABSTRACT
The healing of wounds and the use of dressings are so commonplace an occurrence that they are often taken for granted. For most minor injuries there is probably little advantage in sophisticated dressings; however, for satisfactory healing after trauma involving extensive tissue loss, it is now recognised that the right choice of dressing for a particular wound at a particular healing stage is important because of the need to control the microenvironment of the healing wound. The effects of both established and novel dressing types are presented, and compared on a standard wound model, with particular reference to the problem of adhesion.
