1Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Sharda Hospital, Knowledge Park-II-III, Greater Noida, U.P.
2Associate Professor, General Surgery, Sharda Hospital, Knowledge Park-II-III, Greater Noida, U.P.
3Head of Department Surgery, Sharda Hospital, Knowledge Park-II-III, Greater Noida, U.P.
*Address for Correspondence: Dr Mohit Kumar Mathur, Department of Surgery, Sharda Hospital, Knowledge Park II-III, Greater Noida, UP-201306, E.mail: dr_mohitmathur@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 February, 2019.
A chronic wound does not heal in an orderly set of stages. The healing in such a wound is unpredictable in relation to time contrary to the way most wounds heal. The type of wounds that do not heal within three months are often and should be considered chronic wounds.
To study the efficacy of topical use of collagen granules in wound healing.
In this prospective study one hundred cases with chronic non-healing wounds were selected and treated with collagen granules topically. The effect on the chronic wounds was studied for three months. The collagen granules were made from 100% bovine collagen.
all the wounds were observed for three months in terms of disappearance of slough, appearance of healthy granulation tissue and complete or incomplete healing.
The use of collagen granules dressing accelerated the wound healing in chronic wounds/ulcers. In our study we found that the rate of wound healing was significantly better in using collagen granules.
Chronic non-healing wounds, chronic ulcers, collagen granules, normal saline
