Advanced Therapeutic Dressings for Effective Wound Healing—A Review

Advanced Therapeutic Dressings For Effective Wound Healing

Wound dressings – a review

Wound healing is a dynamic and complex process which requires suitable environment to promote healing process. With the advancement in technology, more than 3000 products have been developed to treat different types of wounds by targeting various aspects of healing process. The present review traces the history of dressings from its earliest inception to the current status and also discusses th...

Transmission of Therapeutic Ultrasound by Wound Dressings.

Ultrasound has been used for the treatment of a variety of cutaneous wounds, particularly venous ulcers. Many of the published studies involved application of ultrasound to the surrounding tissue rather than directly over the wound. Insonating the wound itself may enhance the healing process, but the lack of data regarding the transmission characteristics of dressings has limited the use of thi...

Wound Dressings with Natural Compounds: a Review

Wound healing is the body’s natural process of regeneration of dermal and epidermal tissues. Complication in this process may lead to severe damage to the injured part. A wound dressing incorporated with natural compound provides a faster and efficient wound healing. The developments in research and use of natural compoundsmade a way towards more complex approach to the treatment of wounds. Thi...

Comparative effectiveness of advanced wound dressings for patients with chronic venous leg ulcers: a systematic review.

The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature on the benefits and harms of advanced wound dressings on wound healing, mortality, quality of life, pain, condition of the wound bed, and adverse events for patients with chronic venous leg ulcers as compared with treatment with compression alone. We searched for primary studies in the databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochra...