Recherche de publication

Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) is an abnormal connection that can affect each part

of the vasculature (capillaries, arteries, veins or a combination of these) which usually

are congenital. This vascular anomaly is widely known because of its occurrence in

the central nervous system. Typically, patients with this condition seek help from a

number of physicians only to experience disappointing outcomes, complications, and

(Yakes, Rossi & Odink, recurrence or deterioration of their presenting symptoms

1996). Vascular malformations constitute some of the most difficult diagnostic and

therapeutic enigmas that can be encountered in medicine. These challenges are

compounded by the extreme rarity of these vascular lesions and the vascular

(Yakes, 1999 intervention required in treatment

Introduction:

An innovative new CE-marked foam dressing with a wound contact layer* was developed to prove the ergonomic aspects in the daily routine.

Material & Methods:

In a multicentre (5), international post marketing surveillance study (PMS) on 28 patients with superficial to deep moderately exuding acute surgical or chronic wounds the foam* was used over one week (three visits).

Results:

The foam dressing* showed very good results in the assessment of wound base, wound edge and wound surrounding skin. The coating of the wound base decreased from 75% to 54%. At the wound edges no scaling occurred, hyperkeratosis decreased from 7.1 % to 0%, the redness from 14.3% to 3.6%, inflammations from 3.6% to 0%. No blistering, dryness or swellings occurred in the wound surrounding skin. Haematoma, inflammation, scalings, macerations and edema decreased. The exudation was reduced from middle to weak and no exudation leakage from the foam dressing was observed. Simplicity of application and wearing behaviour were rated with ‘excellent’ to ‘good’. A pain reduction (VAS 0-10) from 49% to 23.6% was observed.

Conclusions:

The foam* is very good tolerable, safe, comfortable and easy to apply. It prevents adhesion to the wound and leads to a pain reduction during dressing change.