A Comparison of Collagenase to Hydrogel Dressings in Wound Debridement, Maintenance Debridement and Wound Healing in Nursing Home Residents

摘要

Purpose and Supporting Literature: Maintenance debridement is a paradigm shift in wound healing. Collagenase has been suggested as one mechanism to achieve maintenance debridement.1 Autolytic debridement using hydro-gel has not been directly associated in the literature as an option to achieve maintenance debridement goals. Published studies have not directly compared these agents in achieving the removal of necrotic tissue from the wound bed or in achieving maintenance debridement.