The Treatment of Pressure Sore Using Hydrogel and Hydrocolloid Dressing.

Kim, Yoong Soo; Chung, Chan Min; Kim, Han Soo; Seo, Dong Kook; Cho, Woo Sung; Lee, Byoung Yol

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2005;32(6):782-786.
Published online November 1, 2005.

The Treatment of Pressure Sore Using Hydrogel and Hydrocolloid Dressing.

Yoong Soo Kim, Chan Min Chung, Han Soo Kim, Dong Kook Seo, Woo Sung Cho, Byoung Yol Lee

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. plassein@hallym.or.kr
²Jeju Medical Center, Jeju, Korea.

Abstract

Pressure sores are a common complication of hospitalized patients. However, It is often impossible to correct surgically because the general conditions of these patients are poor. It is known that the hydrogel has a powerful autolytic effect by providing moist environments and facilitates wound healing and hydrocolloid dressing is also known to promotes granulation tissue formation and epithelialization. The patients were treated with hydrogel(Purion gel(R), Coloplast A/S, Denmark) and hydrocolloid dressing (Comfeel Plus Transparent Dressing(R), Coloplast A/S, Denmark) after surgical debridement of pressure sores progressed to stage III(n=2) and IV(n=7). This combination treatment could facilitate to debride the nectrotic tissue and promote granulation tissue formation epithelialization simultaneously. We could achieve complete healing of pressure sores using the combination treatment without requiring surgical correction. In conclusion, hydrogel in combination with hydrocolloid dressing is effective in acheiving complete healing of progressed pressure sores.

Keywords: Pressure sore; Wound healing; Hydrogel; Hydrocolloid