A prospective observational study of the efficacy of a novel hydroactive impregnated dressing.

Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy, tolerance and acceptance of a novel, hydroactive-impregnated dressing (Hydrotul) in the local treatment of acute and chronic wounds.

Method: In a prospective observational study 24 centres in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria recruited 74 patients. At each dressing change the investigators evaluated the condition of the wound, perilesional skin and patient-reported pain.

Clinical performance of a hydrogel dressing in chronic wounds: a prospective observational study.

Objective: This prospective, multicentre application study was conducted to assess the clinical performance of Hydrosorb comfort hydrogel dressing.

Method: Eighty-one patients (average age 67 years) with acute or chronic wounds received three dressing changes. The condition of the wound and patient-reported pain were assessed at the beginning and end of the study period.

A prospective, open-label study to assess the clinical performance of a foam dressing in the management of chronic wounds.

Polyurethane foam dressings are used to help absorb wound exudate while maintaining a moist wound environment. To assess the clinical performance of a foam dressing, a prospective, open-label evaluation of 57 outpatients (mean age 69 years) with delayed/non-healing wounds (one per patient, average duration 1.4 +/- 4.

Reduced cellular toxicity of a new silver-containing antimicrobial dressing and clinical performance in non-healing wounds.

Bacterial colonisation of wounds may delay wound healing. Modern silver-containing dressings are antimicrobial, yet cellular toxicity is a serious side-effect. We provide data for a newly formulated silver-containing ointment dressing, Atrauman Ag, for antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity.

Microelectrode investigations of the visual system at the Department Of Clinical Neurophysiology, Freiburg i.Br.: a historical account of the first 10 years, 1951-1960.

The history of the first ten years of neurophysiological science (1951-1960) at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology in Freiburg i.Br. (Germany) is described by some of the participants.