Wound Essentials 7(2): Top tips for caring for patients with a surgical wound

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Wound Essentials 7(2): Top tips for caring for patients with a surgical wound

Amy Oldfield
18 January 2013

Postoperative care of a surgical wound forms an
integral part of a clinician’s knowledge base, due
to the large number of surgical procedures carried
out annually in the UK (11 million according to the
Department for Health [DH], 2009). This article
examines strategies that will prove useful to clinicians.

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