Abstract
Aim-Background
The use of silver in the management of burn wounds is well known. This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of silver-impregnated dressing in patients with diabetic foot.
Materials and methods
This study was conducted in the Department of Surgery at a tertiary care hospital in North India. It was a randomized case control study to compare the effectiveness of silver-impregnated dressings with conventional povidone iodine-based dressings in the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.
Results
At the end of our study, we found that 19 (70.37%) patients whose wounds were dressed with silver-impregnated dressing had 100% granulation tissue while only 10 (34.48%) patients whose wounds had been dressed with povidone iodine-based dressing had 100% granulation tissue.
Conclusion
Dressing diabetic foot ulcers with silver-based dressing is effective in controlling the microbiological burden of the wound and increasing the rate of granulation tissue formation.
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Agarwal, H., Gupta, A.K., Gupta, N. et al. Comparison of results of silver-impregnated dressing with povidone iodine based-dressing in patients with diabetic foot. Hellenic J Surg 87, 465–467 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-015-0258-6
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