Debridement is one of the most important steps of wound bed preparation. The wound-healing process is negatively affected by the devitalized tissue, debris, and contamination. Hydrosurgical debridement allows to clean wounds by removing the devitalized tissue while preserving edge healthy tissues. We hypothesized that hydrosurgery, used in a clinical wounds unit leaded by nursing, is safe and may reduce debridement time and healing wound time.
This project is leaded by the research line in Innovation in Wound Healing of the TR2Lab.
This prospective study has received financial support from:
Preliminary results were been presented in an international meeting:
Recently, the results of this project have been published in a scientific international journal:
- Hydrosurgery as a safe and efficient debridement method in a clinical wound unit. Ferrer-Sola M, Sureda-Vidal H, Altimiras-Roset J, Fontsere-Candell E, Gonzalez-Martinez V, Espaulella-Panicot J, Falanga V, Otero-Viñas M. J Wound Care. 2017 Oct 2;26(10):593-599. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2017.26.10.593.