Aftercare

This section is a place that we hope you will spend a lot of time on. Taking care of yourself is a critical task and this is one area where your surgeon/GP is only going to be of so much help. Wound healing is it's own science and has it's own specialty field in medicine.  Pilonidal wounds, in particular, require far more care and special treatment than most other wounds. Wound care is slightly different for closed incisions and open healing, but many of the basics cover both.

There is a lot of misinformation perpetuated by surgeons, doctors and even some nurses when it comes to wound healing.  The advice in this chapter is taken directly from wound care specialist sources such as World Wide Wounds and Wounds.com.  We will admit right up front that we have little faith in most doctors to give their patients proper wound care instructions, which is why Aftercare is the most comprehensive section in this web site.

Aftercare Topics:

Sources for this section:

WordWideWounds.com
WoundSource.com
JournalofWoundCare.com
 

Wound Care PDF's - all in medical jargon... Dictonary: www.medterms.com

Managing Cavity Wounds - Journal of Community Nursing 1998
Managing Wound Sinuses - Nursing Times 2002
Management of Surgical Wounds - Nursing Times 2003
Next Generation Products for Wound Management - World Wide Wounds 2003