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Using honey to heal diabetic foot ulcers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Diabetic ulcers seem to be arrested in the inflammatory/proliferative stage of the healing process, allowing infection and inflammation to preclude healing.
Molan, Peter C., Betts, J.A.
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Medical honey for wound care—Still the ‘Latest Resort’? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
While the ancient Egyptians and Greeks used honey for wound care, and a broad spectrum of wounds are treated all over the world with natural unprocessed honeys from different sources, Medihoney™ has been one of the first medically certified honeys ...
Santos, Kai   +11 more
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Developing a real time sensing system to monitor bacteria in wound dressings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Infection control is a key aspect of wound management strategies. Infection results in chemical imbalances and inflammation in the wound and may lead to prolonged healing times and degradation of the wound surface.
Iain S. Hunter   +5 more
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Exploiting potency of negative pressure in wound dressing using limited access dressing and suction-assisted dressing

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2012
Role of negative pressure dressing and moist wound healing are well established in the treatment of both acute and chronic wounds with certain advantages and disadvantages in both the techniques. Both these techniques prevents wound colonization, but the
Pramod Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

The role of honey in the management of wounds [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The widespread development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has generated an increasing interest in the use of alternate therapies for the treatment of infected wounds.
Molan, Peter C.
core   +1 more source

A Potential Antibacterial Wound Dressing Based on Cerium Crosslinked Alginate and Carboxymethyl Cellulose [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Recently, biopolymer based wound dressing films were studied due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. In this study, a film was prepared with alginate (Alg) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) by crosslinking with Ce3+ ion to evaluate the ...
Seyedeh Golnar, Abtahi   +3 more
core   +1 more source

'Hand inside glove': Useful method of burn dressing in children

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
The use of sterile surgical gloves in wound dressing is not new. It has been used previously in dressing of fresh wounds and in adjunct to the negative pressure wound management.
Ranjit K Sahu, Manojit Midya
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring portable negative pressure wound therapy devices in the community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Case studies and clinical reviews support the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for managing a range of wound types, yet very few scientific studies fully support its effectiveness.
Milne, Jeanette   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Construction and function of robust and moist bilayer chitosan-based hydrogel wound dressing

open access: yesMaterials & Design, 2023
The main limit of hydrogel used as an independent wound dressing is its poor water retention, brittleness, and weak skin adhesion. Focusing on it, the macromolecular cross-linked chitosan and polyacrylamide double network hydrogel (C-A) is chosen as a ...
Jiawei Lu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Periwound Challenges Improve Patient Satisfaction in Wound Care

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Summary:. In wound care, we usually focus nearly all of our efforts on the wound area while paying little attention to the periwound area. Although the periwound area may seem unimportant, it matters to patients.
Apinut Wongkietkachorn, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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