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ABSTRACT: Full-thickness skin wounds were created on the dorsum of both metacarpi in 8 horses. Three topical treatment regimens were studied. All wounds were bandaged with a nonadherent dressing, which was held in place with a snug elastic wrap. Group-A wounds were treated with a proprietary topical wound medication that consisted of a spray and an ointment. Group-B wounds were treated with the same regimen, except the putative active ingredients in the ointment were omitted. Group-C wounds were treated with a dry nonadherent bandage only. Wound dressings were changed every day and the limbs were photographed every other day until the wounds were healed. Specimens of normal skin and biopsy specimens of healed wounds were examined histologically and were assayed for hydroxyproline content. Wound healing measurements quantitated for each wound were number of days to healing, maximal wound size attained, day wound contraction commenced, day epithelium first noticed, rate of wound contraction, final wound size, and fraction of the wound that healed by contraction. The cosmetic appearance of the healed wounds was also graded. Significant differences were not noticed in hydroxyproline content, histologic appearance, or any of the wound healing measurements between treatment groups. The cosmetic appearance of healed group-A and -B wounds was significantly better than the appearance of group-C wounds. The topical treatment regimens studied neither enhanced nor inhibited wound healing in this study.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 08/1991; 52(7):1128-31. · 1.27 Impact Factor
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Ostomy/wound management 02/1989; 22:44-8. · 1.08 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A health-economic study of newly formed skin tears and stage II ulcers used an unblinded, comparative, parallel-group design to evaluate two topical regimens as to time required for complete healing and assessment of cost minimization. Thirty-six elderly patients, at risk for developing indolent wounds of the skin and underlying tissues, were assigned to receive either a saline spray and a topical antibiotic ointment (TAM, n = 14) or Dermagran Spray and Dermagran Ointment (DSO, n = 22). The 76 wounds that appeared in these patients had comparable pretreatment surface areas of 3.73 +/- 0.96 cm2 in the DSO group versus 5.57 +/- 1.13 cm2 in the TAM group (P = NS). All wounds were treated twice daily, starting within 24 hours of their appearance, until complete healing. The 19 wounds in the TAM group healed within 48.0 +/- 25.3 days versus 15.4 +/- 1.9 days for the 57 wounds in the DSO group (P < .05). The cost of wound management for a given patient was calculated by adding the costs of nursing labor and the amount of product consumed to effect complete healing. To this end, the cost of the TAM regimen was $323.23 +/- 171.70 versus $104.75 +/- 12.92 for the DSO regimen (P < .05). Results are presented in light of the increasing pressure on long-term care facilities to provide effective and affordable treatment.
Advances in Therapy 13(1):10-9. · 2.11 Impact Factor
