RT Book, Section A1 Hamm, Rose A2 Davenport, Todd E. A2 Kulig, Kornelia A2 Sebelski, Chris A. A2 Gordon, James A2 Watts, Hugh G. SR Print(0) ID 1184027205 T1 Failure of Wounds to Heal T2 Diagnosis for Physical Therapists: A Symptom-Based Approach YR 2013 FD 2013 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780803615281 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184027205 RD 2024/03/28 AB This chapter describes pathology that may lead to wounds that fail to heal. Chronic wounds are defined as wounds that "fail to progress through a normal, orderly, and timely sequence of repair or wounds that pass through the repair process without restoring anatomic and functional results."1 Without adequate treatment of the wound etiology and comorbidities, the composition of the wound tissue and fluid (called chronic wound fluid) will develop certain properties that inhibit healing. The length of time a wound exists is less important in determining if it is chronic than are the characteristics of the wound tissue.