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| Title | Hydrobalanced cellulose based wound dressing with polyhexanide in surgical wounds (test with 20 patients) | Download File |
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| Author | Anna Marie Nielsen | |
| Publication | Poster presentation at Wounds UK, Harrogate - November 2009 | |
| Key Points | 20 patient study of Suprasorb X+PHMB applied to surgical wounds directly post operative and reviewing after 24 hrs. 80% of patients were diabetic. Operations included 11 amputations, 3 abscesses and 6 wounds with infection and osteomyelitis. |
| Title | A clinical case study of a patient with a chronic hand wound using Suprasorb X+PHMB | Download File |
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| Author | Rommel Orig | |
| Publication | Poster presentation, Wounds UK Harrogate, November 2010 | |
| Key Points | Case study of a man who had sustained a traumatic injury to his right index finger leading to amputation and a chronic non-healing wound. His past medical history included type 1 diabetes, renal failure requiring haemodialysis, micro-angiopathy with sub optimal blood supply to his right arm, neuropathy, infection and pyoderma gangrenosum requiring steroid therapy. He was wheelchair dependent and was very anxious about losing his hand. |
| Title | The role of the Tissue Viability Nurse in the management of diabetic foot ulceration | Download File |
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| Author | P Scott | |
| Publication | Harrogate Wounds UK 2009 | |
| Key Points | SuprasorbX+PHMB was used on infected, painful wounds. Amputation had been mentioned but the wounds went on to healing. |
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