What is the difference between a surgical & chronic wound?

A surgical wound is one which has been created deliberately by a clinician to access a part of the body and this is then closed again by the clinician with either stitches, staples, steristrips or glue. A chronic wound is a wound which has been there for a long time. It's often healed in an almost open position which then makes it challenging to get closed. You have to consider why the patient has got a chronic wound. It may be that they had a wound which is not being able to heal because of either their medical condition, their nutritional status or other patient or environmental factors, for example infection with the latter.