1. The physiology of wound bed preparation / Gregory S. Schultz -- 2. The evolution of surgical wound management : toward a common language / Mark S. Granick and Mellick Chehade -- 3. Diagnosis and surgical management in wound bacterial burden / Mayer Tenenhaus, Dhaval Bhavsar, and Hans Oliver Rennekampff -- 4. Surgical management of necrotizing fasciitis / Richard L. Gamelli -- 5. Tangential debridement / Roy M. Kimble -- 6. Debridement of pediatric burns / S.L.A. Jeffery -- 7. Surgical debridement of open fractures / Peter V. Giannoudis and Costas Papakostidis -- 8. Debridement of acute traumatic wounds (avulsion, crush, and high-powered) / Michael Suk -- 9. Wound bed preparation prior to flap coverage / W. Thomas McClellan and L. Scott Levin -- 10. Surgical debridement / Luc Teot -- 11. Debridement of decubitus ulcers / Joseph V. Boykin -- 12. The debridement of chronic vascular leg ulcers / Giovanni Mosti and Vincenzo Mattaliano -- 13. Debridement of infected orthopedic prostheses / John S. Davidson and Eugene M. Toh -- 14. Surgical debridement of diabetic foot ulcers / Luca Dalla Paola.