A NEW AMORPHOUS HYDROCOLLOID FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRESSURE SORES: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY

1 January 1999

journal article
clinical trial
Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Vol. 33 (1) , 13-15
https://doi.org/10.1080/02844319950159578

Abstract

A randomised controlled study was carried out to compare the effect of a new amorphous hydrocolloid (hydrogel, Coloplast) with that of conventional treatment on the healing time of pressure sores. After initial debridement in the outpatient clinic of pressure sores located in the sacral (n = 21) or trochanteric (n = 11) area the patients were randomised to be treated with either hydrogel (n = 17) or wet saline compresses (n

Keywords

WOUNDS
HEALING
RANDOMISED
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT
PRESSURE SORES
AMORPHOUS HYDROCOLLOID

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