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Was nsoing through a review of dressing and ran this to ground. Passed on in good faith

Ovington LG 2002 Hanging wet-to-dry dressings out to dry
Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Mar/Apr 2002
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3977/is_200203/ai_n9080467

What say you?

Cameron

 

Cameron

As a graduate, I was bombarded by the propoganda of how scientifically advanced and specialised ulcer/wound dressings were the *standard*.

After working in a tertiary diabetes centre for many years, I would look at the cost/benefit of these dressings in a subtropical location like my own.

My own observations were that the ever expanding range of dressings;
- kept wound far too wet,
- were essentially synthetic, and caused increased odour and slough,
- were very expensive,
- did not encourage debridement of devitalised tissue,

After 10 years of playing with all the leading brands on thousands of ulcers, I am completely counter-culture to modern wound care practices.

Sterile guaze, a bit of betadine, sharp debridment and offloading + make sure there is sufficient pedal inflow. I cop grief from the wound care nurses, but I stand my ground. I think the situation might be a little different if I were in a more temperate climate.

At 5 cents a go (if that), you can't beat it 95% of the time. Natural, permeable, and well suited to a long, hot, humid summer.

LL

 

I do debride ulcers but have found that although expensive technology is often good . I have stopped my use of betadine and h2o2. It is cool up here in north america so that may make a differcence . I think you maybe be tosing the baby out with the bath water rejecting all the fun new stuff.