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ReviewInternational wound journal2025

Laboratory Evaluations of Wound Dressings: Key Advances to Reflect Clinical Reality.

Erik Nygren, Matthew Malone, Amit Gefen

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Review in International wound journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Erik NygrenWound Care Research and Development, Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6783-4622
Matthew MaloneMedical Affairs, Chronic Wounds & Prevention, Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-8841
Amit GefenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0223-7218

Funding

Mölnlycke Health Care AB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laboratory evaluations are essential for determining the safety and effectiveness of wound dressings. These evaluations assist clinicians in selecting optimal products for their patients. It is crucial that laboratory tests closely mimic real clinical conditions. This review highlights the collaboration between scientists, clinicians and industry experts to improve laboratory testing methods for wound dressings. The goal is to ensure that laboratory tests are relevant to real-world use. Key advancements include a new simulated wound fluid and a fluid handling test system that better reflects actual wound care environments. These improvements aim to support more reliable, evidence-based decisions in clinical practice.

Indexed as

BandagesWound HealingWounds and InjuriesHumansexudate managementfluid handlingperformance assessmentssimulated wound fluidtesting standards

Identifiers

PMID40360388
PMCPMC12074859

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