From Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement in Military Medicine, Rockville, MD; Combat Wound Initiative Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; AUVA Trauma Center, Meidling, Vienna, Austria
Soft tissue wound healing is a complex and well-orchestrated sequence of events on multiple biological levels involving systemic, cellular, and molecular signals. The physiological process of wound healing leads to full tissue repair and regeneration with nearly complete restoration of tissue integrity and functionality.