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den while preventing
SSIs and assisting
advanced wound care
methods such as negative pressure therapy,
METALLIC MESH Silver wound dressings can aid in your fight against surgical site
infections. Here's a magnified view of the nylon wound dressing's silver-plated fibers.
burn treatment and skin grafts.
You apply the silver-plated pad
after hydration with sterile water
or saline; it's continuously effective for 7 days. Chicago-based
manufacturer Argentum Medical
HEALING NICELY A Silverlon-treated total knee arthroplasty
wound, 2 days after surgery.
has offered 65 sizes and applications of the hypoallergenic, latex-free dressing since 2001.
In a company-funded clinical study published in the August 2011
issue of the journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, researchers at
the University of South Florida determined that the use of the silver
nylon product offered effective prevention against SSIs following colorectal surgery.
Another study, by clinicians at Long Island Neurological Associates
and published in Surgical Neurology in 2007, pointed out that its use
after lumbar laminectomies using instrumented fusion limited the
appearance of post-op deep and superficial wound infections.
— David Bernard
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