Open AccessComparison of silver nylon wound dressing and silver sulfadiazine in partial burn wound therapy
Author(s) -
Abedini Fereydoon,
Ahmadi Abdollah,
Yavari Akram,
Hosseini Vahid,
Mousavi Sarah
Publication year - 2013
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/j.1742-481x.2012.01024.x
Subject(s) - silver sulfadiazine , medicine , burn wound , wound dressing , sulfadiazine , total body surface area , wound infection , surgery , wound healing , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , composite material , biology
The study aims to perform a comparative assessment of two types of burn wound treatment. To do the assessment, patients with partial thickness burn wounds with total body surface area <40% were simple randomised to treat with nanocrystalline silver nylon wound dressing or silver sulfadiazine cream. Efficacy of treatment, use of analgesics, number of wound dressing change, wound infection and final hospitalisation cost were evaluated. The study showed silver nylon wound dressing significantly reduced length of hospital stay, analgesic use, wound infection and inflammation compared with silver sulfadiazine.