Figure 2From: Surgical inflammation: a pathophysiological rainbowSchematic representation of a wound. Injury without breakage in the soft tissue can be superficial or deep. The contusive wounds induce a first, second and third-degree contusion in the tissues, as the figure shows. The evolution of the second-degree bruised area, whether reversible or irreversible, will determine the evolution of the wound since it can increase the necrosis area. The superficial injury with breakage has external hemorrhaging and the deep injury without breakage has contusions of internal tissue or intraparenchymatous hemorrhaging. a: first-degree contusion; b: second-degree contusion; c: third-degree contusionBack to article page