Our products for surgical wounds
We have a range of products which are beneficial for the management of surgical wounds.
AQUACEL® Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing
and AQUACEL® Ag Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing with lonic Silver
have demonstrated a number of properties which are beneficial for the management of wounds:3-5
- Provide excellent absorption and retention capabilities 1
- Help reduce wound pain while the dressing is in situ and upon removal a-2-5
- Provide a moist wound healing environment
- Easy to apply and remove
DuoDERM® Extra Thin dressing can be used as a secondary dressing to secure AQUACEL® Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing
or AQUACEL® Ag Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing with lonic Silver
.
References [+]
- Waring MJ, Parsons D,. Physico-chemical characterisation of carboxymethylated spun cellulose fibres. Biomaterials . 2001; 22: 903-912
- Armstrong SH, Brown DA, Hill E, Ruckley CV. A randomized trial of a new Hydrofiber dressing, AQUACEL, and an alginate in the treatment of exuding leg ulcers. Presented at: 5th European Conference on Advances in Wound Management; Harrogate, UK: November 1995
- Barnea Y, Amir A, Leshem D, et al. Clinical comparative study of Aquacel and paraffin gauze dressing for split-skin donor site treatment. Ann Plast Surg . 2004 Aug;53(2):132-136
- Caruso DM, Foster KN, Blome-Eberwein SA, et al. Randomized clinical study of Hydrofiber dressing with silver or silver sulfadiazine in the management of partial-thickness burns. J Burn Care Re s. 2006 May-Jun;27(3):298-309
- Kogan L, Moldavsky M, Szvalb S, Govrin-Yehudain J. Comparative study of Aquacel and Silverol treatment in burns. Ann Burns Fire Disasters . 2004;17(4):201-207
Notes [+]
- AQUACEL® Dressing is of the same construction as AQUACEL® Ag Dressing with the exception of the addition of ionic silver.