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Pilot study of minimally adherent silver dressings for acute surgical wounds

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Minimally adherent silver dressings (SILVER MASD) are antimicrobial, nonirritating, provide a moist wound healing environment, and low cost. The purpose of this pilot, single‐center, non‐blinded randomized controlled trial was to quantify the outcomes of acute surgical wounds tr...

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Autores principales: Berard, Meredyth B., Lau, Frank H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9528952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36210876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.865
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description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Minimally adherent silver dressings (SILVER MASD) are antimicrobial, nonirritating, provide a moist wound healing environment, and low cost. The purpose of this pilot, single‐center, non‐blinded randomized controlled trial was to quantify the outcomes of acute surgical wounds treated with MASD versus standard of care (SoC) dressings. METHODS: Thirty‐two patients with acute wounds were randomized 1:1 to be treated with MASD once weekly or SoC following surgical excision of skin and/or subcutaneous tissue between September 13, 2016 and November 28, 2017. The outcome variables included clinical infection, time to wound closure, and pain scores at dressing changes. Two independent, one‐sided sample t‐tests were performed to assess statistical significance. RESULTS: There was no difference in wound healing between SILVER MASD and SoC. Dressing changes were less painful for wounds managed with MASD silver dressings. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that MASD are not less effective in wound healing compared to SoC while also providing the benefit of decreased pain at dressing changes. Therefore, minimally adherent silver dressings can and should be considered a viable option in the management of acute surgical wounds.
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spelling pubmed-95289522022-10-06 Pilot study of minimally adherent silver dressings for acute surgical wounds Berard, Meredyth B. Lau, Frank H. Health Sci Rep Original Research BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Minimally adherent silver dressings (SILVER MASD) are antimicrobial, nonirritating, provide a moist wound healing environment, and low cost. The purpose of this pilot, single‐center, non‐blinded randomized controlled trial was to quantify the outcomes of acute surgical wounds treated with MASD versus standard of care (SoC) dressings. METHODS: Thirty‐two patients with acute wounds were randomized 1:1 to be treated with MASD once weekly or SoC following surgical excision of skin and/or subcutaneous tissue between September 13, 2016 and November 28, 2017. The outcome variables included clinical infection, time to wound closure, and pain scores at dressing changes. Two independent, one‐sided sample t‐tests were performed to assess statistical significance. RESULTS: There was no difference in wound healing between SILVER MASD and SoC. Dressing changes were less painful for wounds managed with MASD silver dressings. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that MASD are not less effective in wound healing compared to SoC while also providing the benefit of decreased pain at dressing changes. Therefore, minimally adherent silver dressings can and should be considered a viable option in the management of acute surgical wounds. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9528952/ /pubmed/36210876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.865 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9528952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36210876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.865
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