Advanced Trends in Treatment of Wounds

Abstract

There are a wide variety of dressing techniques available for the management of both acute and chronic wounds. The primary objective in both the cases is to achieve a healed wound. An ideal dressing material should accelerate wound healing and reduce loss of necessary fluids from the wound, and also help minimize pain and infection. The present trend is to promote the concept of moist wound healing. This article emphasizes on the importance of assessment of the wound, the volume of drainage fluid, amount of damage, presence of infection and location of wound for optimal wound healing.

Nanotechnology-Based Dressings for Wound Management

“…Natural or synthetic new biodegradable materials have been used for many applications, such as food and cosmetic/pharmaceutical industries, biosensor design and wound dressings. Chitosan, silk fibroin, starch, phospholipids, cellulose, chitin, alginate, gelatin, collagen, natural rubber, hyaluronic acid, and carrageenan composites or blends are some examples of these materials [ 50 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 ].…”

Systemic Classification of Wound Dressings: a Review

“…Estos tipos de apósitos son diseñados para cumplir una función biológica, ya sea por los materiales con los que están fabricados o porque tienen asociado algún principio activo [21] . También se conocen como apósitos modernos y han sido fabricados, además de cumplir una función biológica, para mantener un ambiente húmedo en el sitio de la herida y acelerar el proceso de cicatrización [39] , debido a que aumenta la migración de células epiteliales a los márgenes de la herida [40] .…”