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ReviewEmerging topics in life sciences2021

Wound dressings: curbing inflammation in chronic wound healing.

Davide Vincenzo Verdolino, Helen A Thomason, Andrea Fotticchia, Sarah Cartmell

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Review in Emerging topics in life sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Alginate and Nanocellulose Dressings With Extract From Salmon Roe Reduce Inflammation and Accelerate Healing of Porcine Burn Wounds.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2023
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  18. Scoping Review of Hydrogel Therapies in the Treatment of Diabetic Chronic Wounds.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023
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  20. Conformable electrochemical devices for closed-loop wound management.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Davide Vincenzo VerdolinoDepartment of Materials, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering and The Henry Royce Institute, Royce Hub Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
Helen A Thomason3M, Medical Solutions Division, Knutsford, U.K.
Andrea Fotticchia3M, Medical Solutions Division, Knutsford, U.K.
Sarah CartmellDepartment of Materials, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering and The Henry Royce Institute, Royce Hub Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6864-0846
Henry Royce Institute · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBMedical Solutions · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wounds represent an economic burden to healthcare systems worldwide and a societal burden to patients, deeply impacting their quality of life. The incidence of recalcitrant wounds has been steadily increasing since the population more susceptible, the elderly and diabetic, are rapidly growing. Chronic wounds are characterised by a delayed wound healing process that takes longer to heal under standard of care than acute (i.e. healthy) wounds. Two of the most common problems associated with chronic wounds are inflammation and infection, with the latter usually exacerbating the former. With this in mind, researchers and wound care companies have developed and marketed a wide variety of wound dressings presenting different compositions but all aimed at promoting healing. This makes it harder for physicians to choose the correct therapy, especially given a lack of public quantitative data to support the manufacturers' claims. This review aims at giving a brief introduction to the clinical need for chronic wound dressings, focusing on inflammation and evaluating how bio-derived and synthetic dressings may control excess inflammation and promote healing.

Indexed as

BandagesQuality of LifeAgedHumansInflammationWound Healingchronic ulcerscollageninflammationwound dressingwound healing

Identifiers

PMID34196717
PMCPMC8589427
OpenAlexW3177192866

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Registered trials

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