WOUND DRESSING FOR POSTOPERATIVE AND POST TRAUMATIC ANALGESIA OF CLOSED OR SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS

摘要

The present disclosure describes a novel self adhesive dressing, produced in one piece, to absorb wound exudates from closed or minor superficial wounds, but most importantly to provide postoperative and post traumatic analgesia. Post operative and posttraumatic analgesia can be provided in two forms. 1) With orthogonal longitudinal gaps, of at least equal length to the wound and located at least 2 cm from the wound edges, within the adhesive part of the dressing. 2) With a self adhesive plaster of variable width in the periphery of the central absorbent pad with active analgesic pharmaceutical substance or substances. Both forms achieve absorption of wound exudates from sutured surgical wounds or minor superficial wounds and postoperative as well as posttraumatic analgesia. Their advantages are simple, safe and non traumatic use (no injuries and infections related to needle injuries), easy to use and cheap postoperative analgesia (avoids the use of expensive and cumbersome pump analgesic systems), which can provide reduction in the use of oral and other forms of postoperative and posttraumatic analgesia, as well as improve postoperative mobilization and reduce length of stay especially in orthopedic surgery and most specifically in day case surgery.