Open AccessTopical use of citric acid for wound bed preparation
Author(s) -
Malu Rajendra G,
Nagoba Basavraj S,
Jaju Chetan R,
Suryawanshi Namdev M,
Mali Santosh A,
Goyal Vishav S,
Misal Nikhil S
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.12351
Subject(s) - citric acid , medicine , wound care , wound healing , skin grafting , grafting , surgery , food science , composite material , materials science , chemistry , polymer
Abstract Wound bed preparation is the management of a wound in order to accelerate endogenous healing or to facilitate the effectiveness of split‐skin grafting. The formation of a healthy wound bed is a prerequisite to the use of advanced wound care products. Unless this is achieved, even the most sophisticated and expensive materials are unlikely to function correctly. An attempt has been made to use 3% citric acid ointment for wound bed preparation to prepare wound for grafting in five cases of wounds with large raw areas infected with multiple antibiotic‐resistant bacteria.