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Title Improvement of treatment of patients with venous leg ulcers by a new pain-reducing wound dressing with HydroBalance Download File
Author Dini, Bertone, Barbanera, Brill, Romanelli - Italy
Publication Poster Presentation, Wounds UK Harrogate, November 2008
Key Points 25 patient Clinical Study comparing Suprasorb X and Suprasorb P (foam dressing) with Suprasorb P (foam) alone. Single-blinded, mono-centric, prospective, controlled, randomised explorative comparison measured the trans--epidermal water loss (TEWL), redness for inflammation, skin hydration, wound size and pain.
Title Successful therapy of critically-colonised or locally-infected wounds with a new hydrobalanced biocellulose-based wound dressing with polyhexanide on outpatients Download File
Author Mosti, Mattaliano, Schmitz, Abel
Publication Poster Presentation, Wounds UK Harrogate, November 2008
Key Points 60 patients (11 with critically colonized or locally infected wounds), antimicrobial action, donation and absorption, use under compression ,ulcer healing, bacterial burden, pain, and periwound skin.
Title Efficacy of different wound dressings on artificial plaques of fibrin Download File
Author Korber, Seipp, Hofmann
Publication Poster Presentation, EWMA Conference, Lisbon - May 2008
Key Points Biofilms, Fibrin plaques comparison with foam, alginate, alginate with silver. Lowest fibrin reduction was shown in foam, PHMB dressing significantly better at fibrin- rest reduction effect on organisms: Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus Aureus.

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