Foam wound dressing

RE: Foam wound dressing

Jill Butterworth — Mon, 21 May 2018 06:02:35 GMT

I've seen the dry swab and honey method work too on several species. There have been scientific papers written about it.

RE: Foam wound dressing

Liz Barton — Mon, 21 May 2018 00:05:29 GMT

[quote user="Lesley Strong"]nasty necrotic wounds[/quote]

I've rarely had to use more than wet-to-dry on these to get a good granulation bed. If you place large loop sutures and tie them in with 5mm bandage tape you only have to charge for a few swabs and can re-use a 500ml bag of saline to soak the deeper ones in. They work wonders and are pretty cheap!

Once you get a good granulation bed it's harder to maintain and allow epithelialisation without appropriate dressings. Or you'll have to do a delayed primary closure depending on the size of the deficit(s). That's when it gets expensive.

RE: Foam wound dressing

Clare Tapsfield-Wright — Sun, 20 May 2018 23:22:52 GMT

Maybe this is one case that should be crowd funded on Facebook.

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 18 May 2018 13:46:00 GMT

[quote user="Lesley Strong"]Large bill which the dogs owners should be paying [/quote]

Don't hold your breath.

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Elisabeth Knappett — Fri, 18 May 2018 11:12:52 GMT

No additional suggestions for cheaper dressings but don't know whether you're on Facebook and are a member of Veterinary Wound Library or in contact with Georgie Hollis of Bandaging Angels - they are very good for information and advice on managing difficult wounds and are often able to suggest alternative techniques especially where cash is strapped!

RE: Foam wound dressing

Lesley Strong — Fri, 18 May 2018 09:26:30 GMT

Thanks for that will see if can swap to that . Most of the dead tissue has sloughed Just trimming off dead bits here and there and waiting for granulation .Large bill which the dogs owners should be paying ( cat attacked in its own garden by 5 dogs!!)

RE: Foam wound dressing

Rob Loxley — Thu, 17 May 2018 22:21:13 GMT

[quote user="Lesley Strong"]We are using allevyn and intrasite and both are ridiculously expensive[/quote]

We buy Renofoam dressings and Cutimed gel instead of these brands (from IMS, rather than the wholesaler I believe)

[quote user="Lesley Strong"]nasty necrotic wounds[/quote]

Other thoughts - if nasty and necrotic still, do you need some more debridement: wet-to-dry still works well, or even surgical debridement? I find the foam/hydrogels good one you've got granulation tissue forming. Also do like Granuflex at that stage.

RE: Foam wound dressing

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 17 May 2018 20:19:52 GMT

Dry swabs and runny honey from Tesco.