What phase occurs at Weeks 10 and beyond?

What phase occurs at Weeks 10 and beyond?

• A. MATURATION; mature and strong collagen fiber.
• B. Consolidation.
• C. Fibroplasia.
• D. Cellular stage.

Answer: (A)

Late in wound healing, remodeling (maturation) takes over. After the initial inflammatory and proliferative activity, the collagen laid down during earlier phases is reorganized, cross-linked, and realigned along lines of stress. This process strengthens the scar and reduces its vascularity and size, with collagen shifting from type III to the stronger type I. By around week 10 and continuing thereafter, the wound is transitioning into this maturation phase, which is why maturation is the best description for what happens then. Fibroplasia describes the earlier proliferative activity where fibroblasts lay down granulation tissue; the cellular stage refers to early inflammatory cell activity; consolidation isn’t the standard term used for this late remodeling period.

Late in wound healing, remodeling (maturation) takes over. After the initial inflammatory and proliferative activity, the collagen laid down during earlier phases is reorganized, cross-linked, and realigned along lines of stress. This process strengthens the scar and reduces its vascularity and size, with collagen shifting from type III to the stronger type I. By around week 10 and continuing thereafter, the wound is transitioning into this maturation phase, which is why maturation is the best description for what happens then.

Fibroplasia describes the earlier proliferative activity where fibroblasts lay down granulation tissue; the cellular stage refers to early inflammatory cell activity; consolidation isn’t the standard term used for this late remodeling period.