1. Historical aspects of wound healing / William H. Eaglstein -- 2. Fetal wound repair / Amy Colwell, Michael T. Longaker, and H. Peter Lorenz -- 3. Cellular and molecular regulation of wound healing / Gloria A. Chin, Robert F. Diegelmann, and Gregory S. Schultz -- 4. Extracellular matrix and wound healing / Jie Li and Robert S. Kirsner -- 5. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) / Ganary Dabiri and C. Michael DiPersio -- 6. Comprehensive wound assessment and treatment system / William J. Ennis -- 7. Approach to diagnosis of a patient with a lower extremity ulcer / Peggy Lin and Tania J. Phillips -- 8. Wound microbiology and the use of antibacterial agents / Lucy K. Martin, Anna Drosou, and Robert S. Kirsner -- 9. Venous ulcers : pathophysiology and epidemiology / Allen Holloway -- 10. Venous leg ulcer clinical presentation and differential diagnosis / R. Gary Sibbald, R. N. Heather Orsted, and Peter A. Noseworthy -- 11. Peripheral vascular disease / Daniel G. Federman, Chris B. Ruser, and Jeffrey D. Kravetz -- 12. Ulceration due to arterial occlusion / Morris D. Kerstein -- 13. Pressure ulcers : epidemiology and pathophysiology / Carlos A. Charles and Anna F. Falabella -- 14. Treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers / Lia van Rijswijk and Janice M. Beitz -- 15. Diabetic foot and ulceration : epidemiology and pathophysiology / Andrew J. M. Boulton and David G. Armstrong -- 16. Practical local treatment of the diabetic foot wound / David G. Armstrong, Lawrence A. Lavery, and Andrew J. M. Boulton -- 17. Skin changes and wound care after radiation injury / Stefanie Schluender, Felicia A. Mendelsohn, and Celia M. Divino -- 18. Factitial ulcers / Georgette Rodriguez -- 19. Calciphylaxis / Paolo Romanelli and Shasa Hu -- 20. Burn wounds : pathophysiology and treatment / Nicholas Namias -- 21. Pyoderma gangrenosum / Mark D. Hoffman -- 22. Cutaneous vasculitis / Lawrence E. Gibson -- 23. Vasculopathy / Esperanza Welsh, Jennifer T. Trent, and Francisco A. Kerdel -- 24. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome / Sarah L. Jensen and George T. Nahass -- 25. Lymphedema and wounds / John M. MacDonald -- 26. Malignancy and wounds / Jennifer T. Trent and Robert S. Kirsner -- 27. Pathology of skin ulcers / George W. Elgart -- 28. Immunosuppression and wound healing / Tory P. Sullivan -- 29. Wounds in children / Isabel C. Valencia and Lawrence A. Schachner -- 30. Ulcers of infectious etiology / Ysabel M. Bello and Anna F. Falabella -- 31. Genetic diseases associated with ulceration of the skin / Sharam Samson Yashar, Lauren Grasso, and David Fivenson -- 32. Wound bed preparation and debridement / Meggan R. Banta and Anna F. Falabella -- 33. Compression therapy / Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Nancy Sims -- 34. Pearls of compression / Dot Weir -- 35. Electrical stimulation / Luther C. Kloth -- 36. Lasers and wound healing / James Spencer -- 37. Growth factor therapy to aid wound healing / Martin C. Robson and Wyatt G. Payne -- 38. Vacuum-assisted closure of wounds / Michael J. Morykwas -- 39. Pressure off-loading devices in the treatment of pressure ulcers / Cathy Thomas Hess -- 40. Pressure off-loading in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers / George Tye Liu and John S. Steinberg -- 41. Skin grafting : surgical techniques / Yuji Yamaguchi, Satoshi Itami, and Kunihiko Yoshikawa -- 42. Cultured skin substitutes / Marketa Limova -- 43. Oxygen and wound healing / Noah A. Rosen, Harriet W. Hopf, and Thomas K. Hunt -- 44. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy / Caroline E. Fife -- 45. The art and science of wound dressings in the twenty-first century / Liza Ovington -- 46. Topical treatment of wound infection / Heather Orsted and R. Gary Sibbald -- 47. Systemic therapies in wound healing / Ysabel M. Bello and Anna F. Falabella -- 48. Keloids and hypertrophic scars / Adriana Villa, Varee Poochareon, and Brian Berman -- 49. Pain management / Diane L. Krasner -- 50. Nutrition and wound healing / Robert H. Demling -- 51. Physical agents in wound repair / Joseph McCulloch -- 52. Objective assessment in wound healing / Marco Romanelli and Antonio Magliaro -- 53. Tissue adhesives : advances in wound therapies / S. C. Davis and A. L. Cazzaniga -- 54. Cutaneous wound healing models in swine / Anna Drosou and Patricia M. Mertz -- 55. Human models in wound healing research / Jonathan Kantor and David J. Margolis.