Assertion: debridement | /r/DefinedAs | removal of foreign material
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text: Debridement is defined as removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from the wound bed until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed.1 Multiple techniques are used to debride wounds; the most common techniques are surgical, conservative sharp, mechanical, high-pressure fluid irrigation, ultrasonic mist, autolysis, enzymatic, larval therapy, and autolysis.2,3 Enzymatic debridement is the application of exogenous enzymes to the wound bed in order to degrade necrotic tissue without harming viable, granulation tissue.