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Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD

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Specializes in: Hand Surgery and Plastic Surgery

Harvard Medical School (2005)

Professional interests include: wounds, wound repair (e.g. stitches), fractures (broken bones), and more.

370 East Virginia Avenue Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85004

(602) 258-4788

Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD is a hand surgeon in Phoenix, AZ specializing in hand surgery and plastic surgery. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2005 and has 19 years of experience. Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD is affiliated with Deer Valley Medical Center, Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, Sonoran Crossing Medical Center, Abrazo Health, Honor Health, Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center, BHSM REHABILITATION LLC, BANNER - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASED PHYSICIANS LLC, ARIZONA CENTER FOR HAND SURGERY PC and John C Lincoln Medical Center.

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370 East Virginia Avenue Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85004

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Debridement (Removal of Unhealthy Tissue)

Debridement is a procedure that removes damaged skin to help the body heal a chronic wound, acute injury, or burn. Several layers of skin surrounding a chronic wound can include foreign debris, dead (necrotic) tissue, infected tissue, and calloused (hyperkeratotic) skin. If left untreated, these damaged skin layers can spread infection to other parts of the body and may aggravate the wound and delay its healing.

Debriding (removing) this damaged and diseased skin encourages the growth of healthy new tissue, impeding infection by triggering the body's natural cycle of tissue renewal. For this reason, debridement functions both as a wound treatment and as a preventative measure against more complex consequences of infected skin, such as sepsis and amputation. In some circumstances, debridement provides additional aesthetic benefits such as decreased scarring. Debridement also permits doctors to retrieve tissue samples for testing, such as to determine whether patients need antibiotic treatment.

Wounds that frequently require debridement include:

Nonhealing diabetic ulcers
Chronic wounds
Severe burns
Contaminated wounds

Debridement can be performed either surgically or nonsurgically; some methods are less invasive than others. Doctors select the appropriate debridement technique by considering the location, cause, and size of a patient's wound and may also weigh the patient's overall wellbeing, age, and risk of infection.

Surgical debridement is performed by cutting away dead, infected, and hyperkeratotic skin with a surgical scalpel. For deep wounds that tear away the skin and go into the muscle, skin from another region of a patient's body may be grafted onto the wound, which may then be periodically assessed and rebandaged until fully healed.

Non-surgical debridement is achieved with water or a dissolvent gel. Water softens the damaged skin and affected tissue, allowing doctors to remove it with wet-to-dry dressing. When wet tissue dries, it adheres to the dry dressing or bandage and comes off when the dressing is pulled away. In contrast, dissolvent gel deconstructs tissue, which can be cleaned off of the wound. Nonsurgical debridement is less invasive than surgical techniques; however, it can entail repeat treatments, slowing wound recovery.

While the prospect of stripping away skin may seem jarring, debridement can be critical to the treatment and healing of wounds which cannot not heal independently.

abscess drainage	16
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	11
doctor visit	88
excision	11
hospital care	93
immobilization	22
incision and drainage	15
inpatient care	93
plastic surgery procedures	12
reconstructive surgery	12
tissue transfer	12
upper extremity surgery	14
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	12

**Gender**
Male	88
Female	89

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	139
Black	0
Hispanic	20
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	56
From 75 to 84	49
85 and over	24
Less than 65	48

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	34
Dementia	11
Cancer	10

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	13
doctor visit	102
excision	13
hospital care	94
immobilization	13
inpatient care	94

**Gender**
Male	98
Female	97

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	157
Black	0
Hispanic	19
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	83
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	26
Less than 65	47

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	37
Dementia	12
Cancer	12

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	26
doctor visit	130
excision	26
hospital care	104
inpatient care	104
nail procedures	14

**Gender**
Male	200
Female	206

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	342
Black	0
Hispanic	26
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	166
From 75 to 84	108
85 and over	36
Less than 65	96

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	35
Dementia	16
Cancer	6

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	18
doctor visit	186
excision	18
hospital care	120
immobilization	14
inpatient care	120

**Gender**
Male	138
Female	171

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	245
Black	0
Hispanic	31
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	16

**Age**
From 65 to 74	131
From 75 to 84	77
85 and over	39
Less than 65	62

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	29
Dementia	12
Cancer	11

abscess drainage	36
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	16
decompression surgery	20
doctor visit	186
excision	16
fracture surgery	18
hospital care	147
incision and drainage	53
injections	18
inpatient care	147
nerve procedures	20
open surgery	38
upper extremity surgery	75

**Gender**
Male	176
Female	215

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	304
Black	11
Hispanic	45
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	20

**Age**
From 65 to 74	176
From 75 to 84	98
85 and over	42
Less than 65	75

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	35
Dementia	15
Cancer	9

**Gender**
Male	256
Female	324

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	454
Black	0
Hispanic	48
Asian	0
Other	19
Native American	38

**Age**
From 65 to 74	270
From 75 to 84	151
85 and over	62
Less than 65	97

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	28
Dementia	12
Cancer	9

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	25
decompression surgery	18
doctor visit	218
excision	25
fracture surgery	17
hospital care	120
injections	27
inpatient care	120
musculoskeletal imaging	18
nerve procedures	18
open surgery	35
plastic surgery procedures	12
reconstructive surgery	12
tissue transfer	12
upper extremity surgery	33
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	12
X-rays	18

**Gender**
Male	247
Female	269

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	407
Black	0
Hispanic	47
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	29

**Age**
From 65 to 74	248
From 75 to 84	132
85 and over	58
Less than 65	78

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	34
Dementia	12
Cancer	12

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	10
decompression surgery	13
doctor visit	167
excision	10
hospital care	71
injections	17
inpatient care	71
nerve procedures	13
open surgery	12
upper extremity surgery	10

**Gender**
Male	151
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	280
Black	12
Hispanic	26
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	16

**Age**
From 65 to 74	170
From 75 to 84	92
85 and over	37
Less than 65	50

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	31
Dementia	13
Cancer	9

abscess drainage	14
doctor visit	243
fracture surgery	28
hospital care	84
incision and drainage	13
injections	16
inpatient care	84
musculoskeletal imaging	35
open surgery	27
upper extremity surgery	41
X-rays	35

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD treated as a hand surgeon in Phoenix, AZ were inpatient care, hospital care, upper extremity surgery and incision and drainage.

abscess drainage	22
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	18
decompression surgery	17
doctor visit	175
excision	18
fracture surgery	19
hospital care	108
immobilization	16
incision and drainage	30
injections	21
inpatient care	108
musculoskeletal imaging	26
nail procedures	14
nerve procedures	17
open surgery	29
plastic surgery procedures	12
reconstructive surgery	12
tissue transfer	12
upper extremity surgery	41
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	12
X-rays	26

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	135
Female	156

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	2
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	232
Native American / Alaskan Native	11
Hispanic	26
Other	3

**Age**
75 to 84	74
85 and over	32
Less than 65	55
65 to 74	130

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	9
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	26
Atrial Fibrillation	10
Cancer	7
Dementia	10

Education & Training

Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2005. He completed residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery - Hand Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand and has a state license in Arizona.

Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2005)

Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery - Hand Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand

Licensed In: Arizona

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Deer Valley Medical Center

Scottsdale Shea Medical Center

Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center

Sonoran Crossing Medical Center

Abrazo Health

Honor Health

Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center

BHSM REHABILITATION LLC

BANNER - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASED PHYSICIANS LLC

ARIZONA CENTER FOR HAND SURGERY PC

John C Lincoln Medical Center

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Phoenix, AZ.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2022-04-29

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Liu for a few years now. He is amazing. Very approachable and communicative every time I see him. He does a very good job at explaining my treatment plan in a way I can understand.

General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
ImpactOrtho, Inc.	$1,231 $1,231
Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc	$485 Ensemble CMC $485
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$284 Recon-Skin and Wound $260	Instruments-General Surgery $24
ACUMED LLC	$250 Hand & Wrist $250
TriMed, Inc.	$183 $183
Other	$375 Aptus $161	NERVE CUFF $56	Variax $41	Baxter $21	XIAFLEX $17	Other $80

**Types of Payments**
Education	$1,200
Food and Beverage	$873
Travel and Lodging	$485
Consulting Fee	$250

Research Payments

Dr. Allen Shuyuan Liu, MD has received 12 research payments totaling $22,364.

Biography

Dr. Allen Liu is a plastic surgery and hand surgery specialist in Phoenix, AZ. His education and training includes medical school at Harvard Medical School and residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Areas of expertise for Dr. Liu include connective tissue disorders, tendon repair, and skin infection. Dr. Liu is professionally affiliated with Honor Health and Abrazo Health.

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