Sentences with phrase «surrounding dead tissue»

The surgeon had not only cleaned the open wound and cut off the surrounding dead tissue, but filleted my forearm to relieve pressure from swelling.

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But in the following hours and days, the body's self - defense mechanisms backfire: White blood cells come in to clean up dead tissue, which causes massive inflammation, which in turn triggers healthy cells in the surrounding tissue to self - destruct in a process called apoptosis.

If he can determine how to speed up engulfment of dead tumor cells from brain tissue, it is his hope to reduce the harmful inflammation that causes death of surrounding neurons.

Whether the inflammation is successful in removing the damaged tissue depends on the size of the lump, number and activity of the cells and how quickly fibrous tissue surrounds and replaces the dead tissue.

These can occur when a ledge of dead corneal tissue surrounds the ulcer.