BACKGROUND The use of negative pressure in the dressing of splitthickness skin grafts has been shown to promote healing by a variety of mechanisms, including a decrease in interstitial edema, an increase in perfusion, and a decrease in bacterial colonization. METHODS An observational study was performed on 52 patients at the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Perugia in Perugia, Ita...

Conventional management of partial-thickness burn wounds includes the use of paraffin gauze dressing, frequently with topical silver-based antibacterial creams. Some creams form an overlying slough that renders wound assessment difficult and are painful upon application. An alternative to conventional management, moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO), has been proposed as a topical agent that may ...

The objective of this study was to verify the effects of the decongestive physiotherapy (DP) in the healing of venous ulcers. It is an interventionist, and almost experimental, study with the participation of 20 clients who were divided into 2 groups: the control group (n=10) and the intervention group (n=10). Clients from the first group were only treated with conventional dressing and those i...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of a chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing for prevention of central venous catheter-related colonization and catheter-related bloodstream infection using meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Multiple computerized database searches supplemented by manual searches including relevant conference proceedings. STUDY SELECTION Randomized controlled trials evaluating the effic...

Approximately 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections despite advances in treatment regimens and the best efforts of nurses and doctors. Silver ion-eluting wound dressings are available for overcoming this problem. However, there are reports of deleterious effects of such dressings due to cellular toxicity that delays the healing process, and the dressing changes needed ...

Ulcers, especially in the lower limb are a frequent problem encountered in our hospitals and are often difficult to heal because they lack the necessary growth factors to maintain the healing process, and are frequently complicated by superinfection. Conventional therapies such as dressings and surgical debridement cannot provide satisfactory healing since these treatments are not able to provi...