Wound dressings – a review

Modern wound dressings and their application

Introdution: Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process, which requires to be prepared a suitable environment to promote healing process. Wound dressing is one of the most important external factors affecting the wound healing process. With the advancement in technology, more than 1000 types of modern wound dressings have been developed. Wound dressings are either based on natural materials...

بررسی اثرات پانسمانهای نانوفیبری حاوی کیتوزان در ترمیم زخم در مدل موش سوری

Background & Aims: Wound healing and tissue regeneration are big challenges in medicine. The type of wound dressing has great impact on wound treatment and prevention of superficial infection and scar formation. Wound dressings containing growth factor, antibiotic, antiseptic and antioxidant have great influence in reducing wound scar and accelerating wound healing procedure. Electrospinning is...

Understanding the Benefits of Collagen-Based Wound Dressings for Chronic Wounds. A scientific review of ColActive Plus and ColActive Plus Ag Dressings, with a Comparison to Other Collagen-based Wound Dressings

Effectiveness of advanced versus conventional wound dressings on healing of chronic wounds: systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND Wound dressings are essential in the treatment of chronic wounds and should be selected on valid and recent evidence. OBJECTIVE Effectiveness of advanced compared to conventional dressings for chronic wound healing. METHODS Comprehensive literature search, systematic review and meta-analyses of the results of advanced dressing studies on chronic wound treatment. Comprehensiveness...

Consensus panel recommendations for chronic and acute wound dressings.

OBJECTIVE To seek a consensus on recommendations that would help health professionals choose appropriate wound dressings in daily practice, since a systematic review found only limited evidence to support reported indications for modern wound dressings. PARTICIPANTS A steering committee selected a panel of 27 experts with no declared conflicts of interest from lists of nursing staff and physi...

When antibiotics can be avoided in skin inflammation and bacterial colonization: a review of topical treatments.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review looks at the recent evidence on the safety, toxicity, microbiology and the prevention and management of acute and chronic wound infections with regard to antiseptics and antiseptic wound dressings. It is timely and relevant because of the global concerns of antimicrobial resistance and the need to address the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in the healthcare se...