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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, Vol 88, Issue 9 452-456, Copyright © 1998 by American Podiatric Medical Association

CLINICAL TRIAL

Improved healing with a collagen-alginate dressing in the chemical matricectomy

CC Van Gils, B Roeder, SM Chesler and S Mason
Carl T. Hayden Hospital, VAMC Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA.

A prospective clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a collagen-alginate wound dressing in the postoperative management of chemical matricectomies. The study involved 20 patients and 23 separate procedures. The collagen-alginate-dressing treatment group had an average healing time of 24.4 days, compared with 35.8 days for the control group, which received treatment consisting of soaks and daily dressing changes (P < .05). The authors suggest that using a collagen-alginate wound dressing in the postoperative management of chemical matricectomies will shorten healing time, thus reducing infection rates and increasing patient compliance and satisfaction.


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