Comparison of silver nylon wound dressing and silver sulfadiazine in partial burn wound therapy.
The study aims to perform a comparative assessment of two types of burn wound treatment. To do the assessment, patients with partial thickness burn wounds with total body surface area <40% were simple randomised to treat with nanocrystalline silver nylon wound dressing or silver sulfadiazine cream. Efficacy of treatment, use of analgesics, number of wound dressing change, wound infection and final hospitalisation cost were evaluated. The study showed silver nylon wound dressing significantly reduced length of hospital stay, analgesic use, wound infection and inflammation compared with silver sulfadiazine.
Department of Surgery, Imam Musa Kazem Hospital, Esfahan University of Medical Science, Esfahan, Iran WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran, Iran.
Fereydoon
F
Abedini
Abdollah
A
Ahmadi
Akram
A
Yavari
Vahid
V
Hosseini
Sarah
S
Mousavi
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009757:Nylons; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D009757:Nylons; D018030:Silver Compounds; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine