title: Hydrocolloid dressing versus tulle gauze in the treatment of abrasions in cyclists.
abstract: Abrasions in cyclists were either treated with an occlusive hydrocolloid dressing or with tulle gauze. The main object of the study was to investigate practical questions, e.g: Could the cyclists go on racing without their injuries impeding their progress? Medical aspects evaluated in the study were: the healing time and the infection rate of the wounds. Twenty-three racing cyclists with 38 abrasions were treated with a hydrocolloid dressing and 41 abrasions in 24 cyclists with tulle gauze. The results of the study show that the occlusive dressing produces a shorter healing time (5.6 days) than the tulle gauze (8.9 days), with smaller risks of infection (0% and 10%, respectively) and a longer wearing period per dressing. The hydrocolloid dressing also gives more pain relief than the tulle gauze (91% no pain during racing with the hydrocolloid dressing, 30% with the tulle gauze) and a higher overall comfort (very comfortable to comfortable versus uncomfortable to moderately uncomfortable, respectively).
authors.affiliation: ConvaTec, Princeton, N.Y.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hermans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D001642:Bicycling; D003102:Colloids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D011206:Povidone-Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D011206:Povidone-Iodine