Effective exudate management in case of treatment of chronic wound with PermaFoam cavity
PermaFoam cavity also reduced traumatic wound pains in patients.
When chronic wounds are treated with the foam dressing PermaFoam cavity, their condition improves considerably. In one study, purulent and oily layers on the wound were reduced by fifty per cent. At the same time, PermaFoam cavity promoted the formation of granulation and epithelial tissue. Both treating physicians and patients rated the tolerance of the foam dressing as excellent.
In the prospective, multi-centre and outpatient observational study involving 57 patients with predominantly chronic wounds, seven physicians (surgeons, dermatologists) and eight nursing services recorded the wound healing process with PermaFoam cavity.
The thoroughgoing use of the foam dressing improved the patients’ wound status considerably. Whereas 54% of the wound area was covered with coatings at the beginning of treatment, this dropped, after three dressing changes, to 29%. At the same time, granulation tissue at the site of the wound rose from 41% to 59% and epithelial tissue grew by more than double from 4% to 11%. Owing to its high absorption and storage capacity, PermaFoam cavity also reduced the number of severely exudating wounds from 32% to 11%. In turn, this had a positive effect on the surrounding skin. Pathological findings such as oedema, maceration or erythema were recorded much more infrequently at the time of the final examination than at the beginning of the study. Patients immediately registered a decline in pain upon using PermaFoam cavity. Whereas more than 45% complained of severe or moderate traumatic wound pains at the beginning of the study, only 26% still complained thereof at the end.
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