A 4 month old Border Collie puppy had an inch of his tail removed after it was shut in a door. Following surgery, he developed an infection, the stitches broke and the wound deteriorated to the point of exposing the cartilage and bone on one side. The tip…
There are currently no effective treatments for wounds. With 2.3 million wounds in the UK in 2017, the annual direct costs of care reached £17.23 billion and are growing by 12% each year. A treatment, MPPT, has been developed and is available. By implementing this, the NHS could…
Amicapsil was evaluated in a clinical audit at Bristol University Hospital on 9 dehisced surgical wounds and a category 4 pressure ulcer. Several of the wounds displayed more than 40% slough and signs of local infection. Amicapsil rapidly lifted the slough off and facilitated a rapid build-up of…
See publication in WOUNDS here. Objective The purpose of the study was to evaluate the wound healing effects of MPPT and to compare it to antibiotics and antiseptics. The study included a wide range of wounds and ulcers, which were severely colonised to infected. The comparators were a…
A woman (type 2 diabetic) had broken her leg at the level of the ankle, and a metal plate was fixed on each side of the leg. Both wounds had dehisced and were infected deeper and wider than apparent on the surface. Standard of care treatments had been…
- 9 year 10 month old female neutered Labrador retriever had a dermal lump on her lateral right stifle. Cytology of needle aspirate indicated a mast cell tumour. No thoracic metastases were identified. No abnormal finding in liver and spleen. Mild liver enzyme elevation. The mass was surgically…
A dog had a 1.4 cm dia. atheroma surgically removed from tail. 10 days later stitches were removed, but the OP site was lightly infected. The owners were instructed to wash with chlorhexidine shampoo and dress the wound daily. 5 days later, the OP wound showed light superficial…
The dog had a small benign skin tumour on the toe surgically removed. 7 days after surgery all stitches have broken open, the wound is heavily infected and red and must heal by second intention. Four days later after two applications of SertaSil, the wound is no longer…