Drawtex: breaking the vicious circle of cellular and molecular imbalances.

Uncontrolled cellular and molecular activity in the inflammatory phase of healing will determine whether a wound becomes chronic. Assessment and interventions designed to remove the barriers to healing are essential in order to break the vicious cycle and to kick-start healing in chronic wounds. This product focus gives an overview of the inflammatory phase of the wound healing continuum; discusses how the imbalance of matrix metalloproteinases/tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases occurs; how this imbalance manifests itself clinically within the wound; and what health professionals can do in order to tip the balance in favour of healing.