Surgical Wound photos — real treatment cases

A round wound at the site of a mastectomy scar that stayed open instead of closing, its bed covered with dead tissue and fibrinous discharge. In the first session the wound was assessed and its bed debrided to remove the dead tissue and discharge; by the following session the wound bed is clean and its edges are well defined. This patient's treatment at Dialine is ongoing.

The prosthesis incision on this patient had opened along the suture line instead of closing, with crusting along its edges. We chose helium cold plasma for it: a non-thermal method whose tip works over the wound without pressure or direct contact. The aim is to lower the microbial load on the wound surface and support healing. In this video we move the tip along the full length of the incision, and the violet glow of the plasma is visible. This patient came to Dialine for two sessions in total.

After orthopedic surgery on the ankle, this patient's incision separated (dehiscence) and the wound turned chronic. At the first visit its edges had pulled apart and the bed carried dead tissue. Every visit was photographed. Once the bed had been cleared and regular care continued, healthy repair tissue took the place of the dead tissue and the edges gradually drew together. By the closing visits the wound had shut, leaving only a narrow line. The photographs here come from visits 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 13; each shows the wound exactly as it was recorded at that visit.