English: Phases of wound healing. Limits vary within faded intervals, mainly by wound size and healing conditions, but image does not include major impairments that cause chronic wounds.
Lower limit of beginning of maturation and remodeling, and equivalent limit for fibroplasia and granulation tissue formation:
Fig. 9-1. The cellular, biochemical, and mechanical phases of wound healing. Pollock, Raphael E.; F. Charles Brunicardi; Dana Lynne Andersen; Billiar, Timothy R.; Dunn, David; Hunter, John G.; Matthews, Jeffrey J. (2009) Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, Ninth Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional ISBN: 0-07-154769-X.
Vasoconstriction and vasodilation:
Stadelmann W.K., Digenis A.G. and Tobin G.R. (1998). Physiology and healing dynamics of chronic cutaneous wounds. The American Journal of Surgery 176 (2): 26S-38S. PMID 9777970 Hamilton, Ont. B.C. Decker, Inc. Electronic book
Angiogenesis:
Nguyen, D.T., Orgill D.P., Murphy G.F. (2009). Chapter 4: The Pathophysiologic Basis for Wound Healing and Cutaneous Regeneration. Biomaterials For Treating Skin Loss. CRC Press (US) & Woodhead Publishing (UK/Europe), Boca Raton/Cambridge, p. 25-57. (ISBN978-1-4200-9989-9Invalid ISBN, ISBN978-1-84569-363-3)
Polymorphonuclear neutrophils and ending of fibroplasia and granulation tissue formation:
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. (2003). The phases of cutaneous wound healing. 5: 1. Cambridge University Press. Accessed January 20, 2008. http://www-ermm.cbcu.cam.ac.uk/03005829a.pdf
Upper limit of beginning of fibroplasia and granulation tissue formation (collagen deposition), epithelialization and contraction:
Romo T. and Pearson J.M. 2005. Wound Healing, Skin. Emedicine.com. Accessed December 27, 2006.
Additional note on contraction:
Mulvaney M. and Harrington A. 1994. Chapter 7: Cutaneous trauma and its treatment. In, Textbook of Military Medicine: Military Dermatology. Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. Virtual Naval Hospital Project. Accessed through web archive on September 15, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20031218072356/http://www.vnh.org/MilitaryDerm/Ch7.pdf
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