Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Wounds that do not heal within 3 months are often considered chronic. Collagen dressing causes neovascularization which is an important step in proliferation phase of wound healing. Eight Present study was aimed to study collagen dressings in patients with chronic non‐healing ulcers. Present study was single‐center, prospective, observational study, conducted in patient above 14 years age, with chronic ulcers including diabetes and burns. Patients were subjected to Collagen dressings. A total of 100 patients were recruited in the study with chronic non healing nonmalignant ulcers. Majority were from 51‐60 years age group (41%) and were male (51%). 62 patients had purulent discharge and 21 had serous discharge in the study group. It was observed that only two patients developed positive growth at the end of 21 days. It was observed that 39 patients underwent debridement of the ulcer at the start of treatment in study group. On a scale of 0‐10 pain scoring was done after 24 hrs of applying the dressing and pain was considerably low in study group with 47 patients having minor pain and 43 patients having moderate pain. It was observed that in collagen dressing 66 patients required antibiotic only for 5 days and 23 patients required antibiotics for 6‐7 days. It was observed that with collagen dressings 64 patients stayed for 2‐3 weeks and 28 patients stayed for 3‐4 weeks. It took 6 months for ulcer healing in 44 patients in study group and 3 months for 8 patients. 78 patients had good compliance and 22 patients had bad Compliance. Collagen dressings may be used as an adjunct in management of chronic non healing ulcers.
How to cite this article:
Pranavkumar A. Parthsarthi, Kalpesh A. Parmar, Vishal S. Shah, Nisarg K. Jani and Parth S. Patel. Study of Collagen Dressings in Patients with Chronic Non: Healing Ulcers.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.5.158.162
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