Wound Dressing

Wound Dressing


Particulate Dextranomers



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Procedure




• Particulate dextranomers


image Beads (eg, Debrisan, Johnson & Johnson Products Inc, New Brunswick, NJ), flakes (eg, Avalon, Summit Hill Laboratories, Avalon, NJ), and powders (eg, Intrasite, Smith & Nephew, Hull, UK; Intracell, Macleod Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Fort Collins, CO)

image Absorb the aqueous component, including prostaglandins, from wound exudate.

image Remove microorganisms from the wound bed, primarily by capillary action.

image Activate chemotactic factors that attract polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells to the wound bed.

image Best use appears to be for debridement of sloughing, exuding wounds. Should be discontinued when a healthy bed of granulation tissue develops. Contraindicated in dry wounds.

image NOTE: Because particulate dextranomers are not biodegradable they should be rinsed from the wound with saline before the wound dries to avoid residue build-up and the subsequent development of a granuloma.

• Maltodextrin


image Intracell (Macleod Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Fort Collins, CO) is commercially available as a powder or gel.

image Hydrophilic soluble powder “pulls” fluids up through wound tissues, bathing the wound from inside, encouraging moist wound healing.

image Yields glucose from hydrolysis of polysaccharide, providing energy for cell metabolism to promote healing.
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Jul 24, 2016 | Posted by in SMALL ANIMAL | Comments Off on Wound Dressing

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