Piya Das Ghatak, Richard Schlanger, Kasturi Ganesh, Lynn Lambert, Gayle M Gordillo, Patsy Martinsek, Sashwati Roy
Objective: To test whether the use of a wireless electroceutical dressing (WED) (Procellera(®)) in conjunction with a 5-day negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) may reduce the number of dressing changes required per week with this therapy. Approach: At the Ohio State University Comprehensive Wound Center, chronic wound patients (n=30) undergoing NPWT were randomized into two arms following consent as approved by the institutional review board. The control arm received standard of care NPWT, where the dressing change was performed thrice a week...
May 1, 2015: Advances in Wound Care