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Comparison of traditional and modern dressings in healing surgical wounds
Up to two centuries ago patients were lucky to survive even minor surgical interventions without contracting life-endangering infections, and having to endure extreme distress. Such advances highlighted the importance of clean dressing and sterility. Lint, gauze and cotton rapidly replaced older types of dressings. Almost a century later another major advance occurred when Winter defined the ph...
متن کاملComparison of traditional and modern dressings in healing surgical wounds
Up to two centuries ago patients were lucky to survive even minor surgical interventions without contracting life-endangering infections, and having to endure extreme distress. Such advances highlighted the importance of clean dressing and sterility. Lint, gauze and cotton rapidly replaced older types of dressings. Almost a century later another major advance occurred when Winter defined the ph...
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Some of the factors affecting the efficient steam sterilization of dressings have been examined. A jacketed sterilizer will process a load more quickly than a sterilizer without a jacket. The level of fore-vacuum is critical and must reach an absolute pressure of 20 mm. Hg (29.2 in.Hg vacuum) or less. This will overcome all conditions of overpacking studied. The level of after-vacuum should be ...
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There are currently hundreds of dressings on the market to aid in wound management. Before selecting a dressing for a particular wound, a practitioner must assess carefully the needs of the wound to understand which dressing would provide maximal benefit. Frequently, there is not one clear best choice, and it is crucial that the pros and cons of each dressing modality be understood. This articl...
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The treatment of chronic wounds, burns and scars is not easy to solve, because the most suitable dressing for wound care depends not only on the type of wound but also on the stage of the healing process. Wound dressing have been employed to speed up the healing process in acute and chronic wounds by keeping healing tissues moist and increasing superficial wound epithelialization [1,2]. Apart o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1871
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)51156-9