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ArticleInternational wound journal2022

A new silver dressing, StopBac, used in the prevention of surgical site infections.

Martin Oliverius, Jan Drozd, Petr Bratka, Adam Whitley, Beatrice Mohlenikova Duchonova, Robert Gürlich

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Article in International wound journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin OliveriusDepartment of Surgery, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-3824
Jan DrozdDepartment of Surgery, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Petr BratkaFaculty of Biomedical Engineering CTU in Prague, Kladno, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-7529
Adam WhitleyDepartment of Surgery, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Beatrice Mohlenikova DuchonovaDepartment of Toxicogenomics, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
Robert GürlichDepartment of Surgery, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZCzech Technical University in Prague · CZNational Institute of Public Health · JP

Funding

Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic 16-28375A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ideal dressings of surgical wounds should provide moist, semi-permeable, and antiseptic environments for optimal wound healing. To maximise patient comfort, surgical dressings must be hypoallergenic, not restrict movement, and allow patients to manage their personal hygiene. From the aspect of health care personnel, dressings should enable visual monitoring of the wound without the need for removing them, thus reducing the number of dressing changes. The active antimicrobial effect of silver cations has been demonstrated by many studies. StopBac is a unique surgical dressing based on the sol-gel process. Silver cations are bound in a colloidal solution in an organic-inorganic hybrid organosilicate oligomer. This gel is deposited on a pad using spray atomisation. The result is a polymer nanolayer matrix with prolonged and controlled release of silver ions. This pad forms part of a waterproof hypoallergenic transparent adhesive bandage. The goal of this study was to prospectively evaluate the ability of StopBac to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients after abdominal surgery. The secondary goal was to compare costs and determine the properties of this new material. A total of 32 patients were included in the study. The patients were followed up until their surgical wounds healed completely. An SSI occurred only in one patient.

Indexed as

SilverSurgical Wound InfectionBandagesDevice RemovalHumansWound HealingSilvereconomic costssilver cationssol-gelsurgical dressingsurgical site infection

Identifiers

PMID33773060
PMCPMC8684848
OpenAlexW3146721506

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