Physiology of Wound Healing | A Surgeon’s Tutorial

What is the physiology of wound healing? How do wounds heal? What are the phases of wound healing? What are the important cells involved in wound healing? How strong are wounds at different time points? Signed up with the CITIZENSURGEON community yet and get your free study guide? Welcome back friends! I“m excited that you’re joining us for the discussion today on wound healing. By the end of this video you should be pretty comfortable understanding the phases of wound healing, the predominant cell types at each phase and the important events throughout the wound healing cycle. Sign up for the community: Time travel through the video with these AWESOME timestamps Start 00:00 References for today’s talk 01:24 Phases of Wound Healing 02:54 Inflammatory Phase of Wound Healing 05:01 Neutrophils and Wound Healing 07:41 Macrophages and Wound Healing 08:18 Proliferative Phase of Wound Healing 11:17 Fibroblasts and Wound Healing 11:45 Collagen and Wound Healing 13:34 Remodeling Phase of Wound Healing 14:30 What is Scar? 15:50 Tensile Strength and Wounds 16:42 Growth Factors and Wounds 17:34 REFERENCES Sabiston’s Textbook of Surgery MY FAVORITE SOFTWARE: Evernote ​​ SOME RECENT READS The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod - Atomic Habits by James Clear - BE MY FRIEND Sign up and join the CITIZENSURGEON Community: ​​ My Website: ​​ Instagram: ​​ Twitter: ​​ Koji: ​​ WHO AM I? I’m Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community! WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: Check out my Favorite Books in Surgery: ​​ Check out The Learning Center: ​​ Check out the Surgery Basics Playlist ​. DISCLAIMER While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. Good luck and enjoy! Affiliate Links - There are a few links in the description that may lead to a kickback to me to help support the channel.