Recent Developments in Topical Wound Therapy: Impact of Antimicrobiological Changes and Rebalancing the Wound Milieu
Author(s) -
Cornelia ErfurtBerge,
Regina Renner
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biomed research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 2314-6141
pISSN - 2314-6133
DOI - 10.1155/2014/819525
Subject(s) - wound healing , proteases , wound care , medicine , wound dressing , wound treatment , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , surgery , chemistry , materials science , biochemistry , enzyme , composite material
Wound therapy improves every year by developing new wound treatment options or by advancing already existing wound materials, for example, adding self-releasing analgesic drugs or growth factors to wound dressings, or by binding and inactivating excessive proteases. Also new dressing materials based on silk fibers and enhanced methods to reduce bacterial burden, for example, cold argon plasma, might help to fasten wound healing.
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