Clinical case studies on chronic wounds: the advanced wound care dressing that led to measurable improvements

Surfactant-based wound gel helps reduce wound size and lower patient reported pain³

Patient: 70-year-old male

Wound: Long-standing wound on lower leg that had considerable exudate, foul odor, and a painful, friable, dark-red wound bed, which made it difficult to cleanse and debride; patient-reported pain level of 8 out of 10.

Initial treatment: Antibiotics, as well as multiple dressing types at various times, including silver and methylene blue and gentian violet.

Change in therapy: Other dressings were replaced with PluroGel, a silicone foam dressing and compression therapy. The wound was cleansed with saline and the dressing was changed daily.

Results: After eight weeks, the wound size had shrunk from 39.70cm² to 7.35cm², with the patient reporting no pain during or after dressing changes.

Wound deemed “not healable” improves with PluroGel³

Patient: 85-year-old man

Wound: Large wound on the lower limb that was 22.04cm² with a wound bed described as friable, slightly malodorous and tender when touched. It had a moderate amount of exudate and some periwound maceration.

Initial treatment: The patient’s wife cared for him with a prescribed two-layer light compression system and saline cleansing. In-home clinicians tried various dressing products including a variety of silver, but the wound failed to respond, and they concluded it was “not healable.”

Change in therapy: PluroGel with light compression.

Results: After five days, the wound had reduced to 15.60cm² and showed healthy granulation tissue. At seven weeks, it was down to 7.70cm² and, by six months, the wound was considered fully healed. Previously, the recalcitrant wound had a negative effect on the patient’s health-related quality of life, as well as the wife’s, who felt responsible for the condition of the wound.

After multiple therapies, PluroGel showed better results⁴

Patient: 29-year-old male

Wound: Wound on lower leg (wound on right in image), almost completely covered in dark green, moist, devitalized tissue.

Initial treatment: Sometimes compression stockings or socks, and a variety of wound dressings depending on exudate, bioburden and pain levels.

Change in therapy: To determine the best therapy, PluroGel was applied to the wound on the right. The patient changed the dressing daily.

Results: When the patient returned to the wound clinic after six days, the PluroGel-treated wound showed a 95% reduction in devitalized tissue, as well as evidence of granulation tissue forming.