The Effect of a New Type of Dressing for Chronic Venous Wounds
Katarzyna Skórkowska-Telichowska *
Department of Endocrinology, Clinic of Internal Medicine, 4th Clinical Military Hospital, Weigla 5, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland and Department of Dermatology and Venereology, 4th Clinical Military Hospital, Weigla 5, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland.
Anna Kulma
Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-147 Wroclaw, Poland.
Magdalena Zuk
Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-147 Wroclaw, Poland.
Jan Szopa
Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-147 Wroclaw, Poland.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: The aim of the current study was to assess the clinical efficacy of the FlaxAid dressing for the treatment of chronic venous wounds in a patient unresponsive to previous treatment protocols.
Presentation of Case: A 50-year old male patient presented with recurrent venous ulcers of the lower extremities. All of the ulcers had lasted for 5 years and their size was increasing despite clinically relevant local therapy. FlaxAid dressing were applied to the wound area in three stages consisting of FlaxAid dressings wetted with: isotonic salt solution; oil emulsion; and seedcake extract.
Discussion and Conclusion: After 12 weeks of therapy with the newly developed FlaxAid bandages, all of the patient’s ulcers had been cured. After 6 months of follow-up, the sites of the patient’s ulcers were found to still be in a healthy state.
Keywords: FlaxAid, antioxidants, dressing, venous wound, chronic ulcers