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2. Alginate dressing - Wikipedia

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   The ease of biodegradation is exploited in making alginate sutures used in surgical wound closures. Since alginate dressings require moisture to function effectively, they cannot be used for dry wounds and those covered with hard necrotic tissue. This is because it could dehydrate the wound, delaying healing and this is their major disadvantage.

3. Gauze sponge - Wikipedia

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   In addition to its many sizes, plys, and fabrics, gauze sponges can also be sterile and non-sterile. The open weave design of gauze sponges assists with the removal of dead tissue from the skin surface as well as vertically wick fluid from the wound onto any secondary dressing to assist with preventing maceration of skin tissue. [1]

4. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Gauze dressing is made up of woven or non-woven fibres of cotton, rayon, and polyester. Gauze dressing are capable of absorbing discharge from wound but requires frequent changing. Excessive wound discharge would cause the gauze to adhere to the wound, thus causes pain when trying to remove the gauze from the wound.

5. Occlusive dressing - Wikipedia

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   These dressings are generally made with a waxy coating so as to provide a total seal, and as a result do not have the absorbent properties of gauze pads. They are typically used to treat open, or "sucking," chest wounds ( open pneumothorax ) to prevent a tension pneumothorax (a serious complication of a simple pneumothorax).

6. Gauze - Wikipedia

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   Woven gauze is loosely woven, usually from cotton fibers, allowing absorption or wicking of exudate and other fluids. Gauze can be woven with fine or coarse mesh; coarse gauze is useful for medical debridement, while fine gauze is better for packing wounds. Woven gauze is less absorbent than non-woven, and may leave lint in a wound, especially ...

7. Unna's boot - Wikipedia

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   An Unna’s boot [1] (also Unna boot) is a special gauze (usually 4 inches wide and 10 yards long) bandage, which can be used for the treatment of venous stasis ulcers and other venous insufficiencies of the leg. It can also be used as a supportive bandage for sprains and strains of the foot, ankle and lower leg.

8. Skin maceration - Wikipedia

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   Maceration often occurs with the application of a bandage to a wound, regardless of its mildness or severity, particularly if the bandage prevents water from evaporating from the surface of the skin. This occurs because the skin under the bandage becomes wet due to perspiration , urine or other bodily fluids, or contact with other liquids.

9. Mikulicz's drain - Wikipedia

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   The procedure involves pushing a layer of gauze into the wound, then packing in several more layers of gauze as the original layer is pushed deeper into the cavity. [1] Pressure is thus induced while the capillary action of the improvised gauze-sac secures drainage. [citation needed]