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VARIHESIVE SEALED DRESSING FOR INDOLENT LEG ULCERS
Author(s) -
Tracy G. D.,
Lord R. S. A.,
Kibel C.,
Martin Margaret,
Binnie Margaret
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb131114.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gelatin , surgery , chemistry , biochemistry
Forty‐three patients with indolent leg ulcers that were resistant to a wide variety of treatment methods for an average period of 353 weeks, were treated by the application of sealed dressings with Varihesive (a compound of gelatin, pectin, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and polyisobutylene) a non‐allergenic wafer which sticks to a moist surface. Varihesive dressings proved to be effective both in affording pain relief, and in allowing healing of 36 out of 43 ulcers (84%) in a mean time of 10 weeks. It is concluded that such a non‐allergenic seal provides optimum conditions for reepithelialization of chronic ulcers and that Varihesive dressings are a valuable adjunct in the local treatment of skin ulceration.