Enhanced healing of wounds that responded poorly to silver dressing by copper wound dressings: Prospective single arm treatment study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Dressings containing silver ions are an accepted and common option for wound treatment. However, some wounds fail to heal at the desired rate despite optimal management. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of copper dressings in noninfected wounds.

Methods

The study included 20 patients aged 18-85 years with 2-30 cm² noninfected wounds treated for 17-41 days with silver wound dressings that failed to reduce by >50% the wound size, who were then treated with copper dressings. Ten patients were diabetics, 10 suffered from hypertension, and six suffered from peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Two patients suffered from two wounds. Most were amputation wounds below the knee.

Results

Five patients dropped out from the study due to

SUBMITTER: Gorel O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788384 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature