Our products for surgical wounds

Our products for surgical wounds

We have a range of products which are beneficial for the management of surgical wounds.

AQUACEL® Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing, Sterile and AQUACEL® Ag Hydrofiber® Dressing with Silver, Sterile have demonstrated a number of properties which are beneficial for the management of wounds:3-5

  • Provide excellent absorption and retention capabilities 1
  • Help reduce wound pain while the dressing is in situ and upon removal a-2-5
  • Provide a moist wound healing environment
  • Easy to apply and remove

DuoDERM® Extra Thin CGF® (Control Gel Formula) Hydrocolloid Dressing, Sterile can be used as a secondary dressing to secure AQUACEL ® dressing or AQUACEL®Ag dressing .


References [+]

  1. Waring MJ, Parsons D,. Physico-chemical characterisation of carboxymethylated spun cellulose fibres. Biomaterials . 2001; 22: 903-912
  2. Armstrong SH, Brown DA, Hill E, Ruckley CV. A randomized trial of a new Hydrofiber dressing, AQUACEL, and an alginate in the treatment of exuding leg ulcers. Presented at: 5th European Conference on Advances in Wound Management; Harrogate, UK: November 1995
  3. Barnea Y, Amir A, Leshem D, et al. Clinical comparative study of Aquacel and paraffin gauze dressing for split-skin donor site treatment. Ann Plast Surg . 2004 Aug;53(2):132-136
  4. Caruso DM, Foster KN, Blome-Eberwein SA, et al. Randomized clinical study of Hydrofiber dressing with silver or silver sulfadiazine in the management of partial-thickness burns. J Burn Care Re s. 2006 May-Jun;27(3):298-309
  5. Kogan L, Moldavsky M, Szvalb S, Govrin-Yehudain J. Comparative study of Aquacel and Silverol treatment in burns. Ann Burns Fire Disasters . 2004;17(4):201-207

Notes [+]

  1. AQUACEL® dressing is of the same construction as AQUACEL Ag® dressing with the exception of the addition of ionic silver.

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