Abstract In this work, NRL films were enriched with red propolis and silver nanoparticles the aim of obtaining dressings bactericide properties. To improve properties these materials, plasma treatment was also applied to films. Cytotoxic effects evaluated by MTT agar diffusion assays on secondary stem cells. Determination cell behavior assessed EDS FEG-SEM. general, modified presented hydrophil...

Introduction: Knowledge of the greater efficiency of wound healing in a moist environment dates back to the early 1960s, when Winter [1] first demonstrated significantly faster wound epithelisation in occluded experimental wounds in pigs as compared to air-exposed controls. In 1963, the beneficial effect of occlusion was also established in human wounds [2]. This discovery gained considerable a...

OBJECTIVE To compare an alternative treatment for lower extremity burns with the standard in-hospital treatment, in an attempt to shorten hospital stay. DESIGN A case-control series. SETTING A university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS All patients with a burn isolated to a lower extremity were treated over an 8-month period with split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), Unna paste dressing, im...

Background: Untreated actinic keratosis can advance to squamous cell carcinoma, which in turn is associated with a risk of metastasis. Current treatments for actinic keratosis have many shortcomings. This communication describes the efficacy and safety of a topical cream therapy, Curaderm, containing solasodine glycosides (0.005%) for actinic keratosis. Methods: Randomly assigned patients with ...

Over the last decades, wound dressings have developed from the traditional gauze dressing to tissue-engineered scaffolds. A wound dressing should ideally maintain a moist environment at the wound surface, allow gas exchange, act as a barrier to micro-organisms and remove excess exudates. In order to provide these characteristics, we developed and studied bioresorbable hybrid structures which co...

The first case is a 50-year-old female. She was consulted to our hospital for further examination of right hydronephrosis that was shown by ultrasonography. Cystoscopy revealed tumorous lesion around the right orifice. Bladder tumor was suspected and transurethral biopsy of the bladder was performed. The second case is a 54-year-old man. He was consulted to our hospital because right hydronephr...

Good hydration is the single most important external factor responsible for optimal wound healing. Unfortunately, available moisture retentive materials, products and devices require a certain expertise for application, are relatively expensive, may be associated with some serious complications and side effects, but most of all are impractical for application over large surface areas. We presen...

A 54-year-old man had considerable visceral swelling after laparotomy for intraabdominal infection, and primary closure could not be achieved. We provided temporary abdominal closure with a presterilized 3-L cystoscopy fluid bag (Fig. 1). The following day we inserted a Wittmann Patch using a cellophane sheet to prevent adhesions between the intestine and the abdominal wall and wound. We suture...