Foreword -- Preface -- I INTRODUCTION TO WOUND CARE, CLEASING, ANTISEPTIC AND LOCAL TREATMENT -- 1 Vulnology (also known as Wound Care): History and Myths of Chronic Wounds -- 2 Etiology, Classification and Advocating for a Holistic, Multidisciplinary Approach -- 3 Anatomical Base for Diagnosis -- 4 Wound Hygiene: From Traditional to Microenvironment in Cleansing -- 5 Principles of Antiseptic Treatment -- II DRESSING AND BANDAGES -- 6 Timing in Dressing and Bandaging -- 7 Advanced Moist Wound Dressing: Functional Classification -- 8 Dressing: Indications on Applications -- 9 Dressing in Burns -- 10 Innovative Dressings -- 11 Bandaging in Ulcer Care -- III INSTRUMENTAL TREATMENTS IN WOUNDS -- 12 Scientific Principles of Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) -- 13 Latest Applications of Negative-pressure wound therapy NPTW -- 14 E STIM ME in Wound Care -- 15 Photobiomodulation (PBM) in Wound Care -- 16 Laser in Wound Care -- 17 Shock Waves in Wound Care -- 18 Hydrosurgery in Wound Care -- 19 Ultrasound in Wound Care -- 20 Topical Oxygen in Wound Care -- IV REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND TISSUE BIOINGENEERING -- 21 Evidence based and clinical experimentation on cell therapy -- 22 Bioinductive Dressing -- 23 Connective Tissues and Matrix Components -- 24 Mesenchymal Cells from Adipose Tissue -- 25 Monocytes -- 26 Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) -- 27 MIMo (Minimal Invasive Modality) in Burns -- V MEASUREMENT AND DOCUMENTATION -- 28 The Vulnological Folder -- 29 Imaging and Measurement -- 30 Clinical Measurement -- 31 Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence -- VI INFECTION IN WOUND CARE. - 32 Infection Diagnosis. - 33 Infection Classification -- 34 Infected Wound Bed Management: the Diabetic Foot -- 35 Drugs and Infection -- 36 Osteomyelitis -- VII PLASTIC SURGERY: WHEN AND HOW -- 37 Grafting and Micrografting in Wound Care -- 38 Surgical Debridement in Wound Care -- 39 Reconstructive Options in Wound Care: From Simplest to Most Complex -- 40 Surgical Indications in all Diagnostic and Care Pathways (PDTA) settings -- 41 Microsurgery in Wound Care -- 42 Advanced Reconstruction in Wound Care -- 43 Lower Limb Ulcers: Clinical and Diagnostic Workout -- VIII MISCELLANEOUS -- 44 Wound Care in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery -- 45 Postural Asset -- 46 Pain Management -- 47 Nutrition and Metabolism -- 48 Diabetic Foot Management -- 49 Ozone Therapy in Wound Care -- 50 Malignant Wound Care and Advanced Illness Management -- 51 Prevention of Ulcer Recurrence -- 52 Rehabilitation in Wound Care -- 53 Lymphedema and Wound Care -- 53 Budget Implications in Quality Dressing -- 55 Scar Management.