Author: Johnson-Arbor K Department of Emergency Medicine and Traumatology Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center Hartford Hospital; Hartford, CT BACKGROUND Normal Saline (NS) is commonly used for irrigation of chronic wounds. Other irrigation solutions are available, but there is limited evidence supporting their clinical…
Authors: Jennifer Gloeckner Powers, MD, Laurel M. Morton, MD, Tania J. Phillips, MD. Department of Dermatology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts BACKGROUND Since chronic wounds are prone to bacterial infections, the clinician looks for more sustainable approaches to reducing bacterial growth than multiple courses of…
Authors: Darlene Saucier APRN, MSN, BC-FNP, CWCN; Catherine T. Milne APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC Bristol, Connecticut CLINICAL PROBLEM Topical antimicrobial therapy has been shown to be an effective method to address critical colonization. Silver, in ionic or nanocrystalline forms,…
Authors: Thomas E. Serena MD FACS FACHM MAPWCA, St. Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA. USA Use of an Ionic Silver Solution for Wound Cleansing and Reduction in Biomaterial BACKGROUND Antisepsis in wound care consists primarily in the use of topical antimicrobials to reduce both platonic…
Authors: Joachim Dissemond, Johannes Georg Böttrich, Horst Braunwarth, Jörg Hilt, Patricia Wilken, Karl-Christian, Münter 6. 2017 Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (DDG). Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | JDDG | 1610-0379/2017/1505 Background Given that the scientific evidence for silver in wound care is generally…
Case Study Details:Study initiated on: 27.06.2015Sex of the patient: FemaleAge: 46 yearsType of Wound: Overweight patient, with a non healing venous ulcer on the lower right leg with a thick and stubborn biofilm, non responsive to multiple treatments.Age of the wound: 8 monthsPrevious treatments…
EnzySurge (now SilverStream Medical) develops innovative aqueous solutions to remove debris and foreign material from chronic or acute wounds. Its first product, SilverStream, has been on the market in the US, Israel and India since the beginning of 2013 for cleaning chronic wounds and burns….
The medical uses of silver include its incorporation into wound dressings to treat external infections, and its use as an antiseptic and disinfectant in medical appliances. Silver is also promoted within alternative medicine in the form of colloidal silver, although this particular application has…
Adam Landsman, DPM, PhD, FACFAS. Chief, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance, and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA ABSTRACT This study represents the first prospective study for the treatment of mildly infected and non-progressive diabetic foot ulcers treated with SilverStream, a clear hypertonic…
ה-FDA אישר לאנזיסרג’ לשווק תמיסה קוטלת בקטריות בטווח רחב, העמידות בפני תרופות אנטיביוטיות אחרות, כמו גם זיהומים פטרייתיים חברת אנזיסרג’ (EnzySurge ), ספקית פתרונות חדשניים לטיפול מתקדם בפצעים כרוניים, הודיעה השבוע כי קיבלה אישור מרשות המזון והתרופות האמריקאית לשיווק תמיסת ה- SilverStream ™, המיועדת לטיפול בפצעים קשי…
