Wound Dressing

Wound Dressing



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Overview and Goal(s)




• Wound dressings


• >300 wound dressings available, ranging from passive adherent/nonadherent to interactive and bioactive products that contribute to healing


• Most newer dressings are designed to favor “moist wound healing,” which allows wound fluids and mediators to remain in contact with the wound therefore promoting “autolytic debridement” and subsequently accelerating wound healing.


• No single material can produce the optimal microenvironment for all wounds or for all the stages of the healing process.


• Wound dressings are broadly classified as either adherent or nonadherent and as absorbent or nonabsorbent.


image Adherent dressings are frequently made from gauze, and are mostly passive. Gauze dressings are highly absorbent and are used for heavily contaminated, exudative wounds.

image Nonadherent dressings have variable absorbency and are subdivided into occlusive, semiocclusive, and biologic types.

This monograph is adapted from Orini JA, Divers TJ, editors: Equine emergencies: treatment and procedures, ed 3, St Louis, 2008, Saunders Elsevier.

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Jul 24, 2016 | Posted by in SMALL ANIMAL | Comments Off on Wound Dressing

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