Recent Advances in Wound Healing: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the second edition of our Special Issue, “Recent Advances in Wound Healing”. The successful first edition of this thematic Special Issue showcased a range of interesting contributions and discussions (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/F5X4ERFM6E).

Wound healing represents one of the most complex processes in the body and subjects the organism to the following sequential stages: haemostasias, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Many cells in the body (platelets, macrophages, neutrophils, fibroblasts, and epidermal cells) are involved in this well-coordinated process. Any change in external or internal factors can disrupt the process, leading to the appearance of chronic wounds, which results in incomplete healing, the recurrence of the infection process, and a continuous need for treatment. This places an overwhelming burden on both the patient and the medical system. Due to the complexity of the process, a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment is often required. Since many aspects of chronic wound healing are still a long way from being completely understand, our aim for this collection of papers is to highlight the progress that is currently being made by researchers in this field, as well as data from clinicians regarding the pathophysiology of wounds (acute or chronic) and the healing modalities currently available for these patients. Recent developments in the management of wound healing will also be addressed, such as new techniques for wound debridement, the development of topical antiseptics and antimicrobials for the fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria from chronic wound biofilms, the investigation of growth factors and other new biologic wound products, skin substitutes, interactive dressings, or tissue engineering techniques including stem cells and gene therapy.

Dr. Alina Maria Holban
Dr. Carmen Curutiu
Guest Editors

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