Wound Dressings | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Wounddressingshavebeenusedtoclean,cover,andprotectthewoundfromtheexternalenvironment.Awounddressingmustprovideamoistenvironment, ...

Partial-thickness wounds remain confined to the dermal part of the skin. Usually, these wounds have a good healing potential because epidermal cells present in (remnants of) sebaceous glands, sweat glands, and hair follicles are available to close the wound.

In these wounds, the main demands to reach pain reduction and high-quality wound healing without scarring is to warrant undisturbed wound healing. A moist environment and protection against bacterial invasion are the most important qualities that need to be provided.

Modern wound dressing are able to fulfil these requirements. Generally, membranous dressings such as hydrocolloids and hydrofibers fulfill these requirements better than topical antimicrobial creams such as silver sulfadiazine (SSD) cream.4-6 The main indication for temporary skin substitutes is partial-thickness wounds, ...