[Research progress of chronic wound debridement].

Objective: To review the research progress of chronic wound debridement.

Methods: The recent related literature concerning the mechanisms, advantages, limitations, and indications of the technologies of chronic wound debridement was extensively consulted, reviewed, and summarized.

Results: Debridement is essential for chronic wound healing, which includes autolytic debridement, enzymatic debridement, biodebridement, mechanical debridement, sharp/surgical debridement, ultrasound debridement, hydrosurgery debridement, and coblation debridement. Each technique has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Conclusion: There are many types of technologies of chronic wound debridement, which can be chosen according to clinical conditions. It is showed there are more significant advantages associated with the technique of coblation debridement relatively, which also has greater potential. Further study is needed to improve its efficacy.