Wound healing and cost-saving benefits of combining negative-pressure wound therapy with silver

Adv Skin Wound Care. 2013 Dec;26(12):562-5. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000434518.86905.8a.

Abstract

A 20-patient case series is presented, demonstrating the incorporation of a silver antimicrobial negative-pressure dressing and a negative-pressure wound therapy device for improved healing outcomes, decreased nursing time expenditure, and decreased cost expenditure.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cohort Studies
  • Combined Modality Therapy / economics
  • Cost Savings*
  • Debridement / economics
  • Debridement / methods
  • Female
  • Foot Ulcer / physiopathology
  • Foot Ulcer / therapy
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / physiopathology
  • Leg Ulcer / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / economics
  • Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / methods*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Silver Compounds / economics
  • Silver Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Skin Ulcer / physiopathology
  • Skin Ulcer / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wound Healing / physiology*

Substances

  • Silver Compounds