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The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in wound healing.
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Abstract
A chronic wound is tissue with an impaired ability to heal. This is often a consequence of one of the following etiologies: diabetes, venous reflux, arterial insufficiency sickle cell disease, steroids, and/or pressure. Healing requires granulation tissue depending on epithelialization and angiogenesis. Currently no growth factor is available to treat patients with impaired healing that stimulates both epithelialization and angiogenesis. The objective is to review is the multiple mechanisms of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in wound healing.