Fingertip amputation injuries are common in all ages. Conservatively treated fingertips can regenerate skin and soft tissues to form a functionally and cosmetically excellent new fingertip. Little is known about this ability that, in humans, is confined to the fingertips. Even less is known about the role of the bacteria that regularly colonize these wounds without negative impact on regeneration and healing.
As an alternative to surgery, self-adhesive film dressings are commonly used to establish a wet chamber around the injury. These dressings leak malodorous wound fluid eventually until the wound is dry. Having that into consideration, we have therefore developed a silicone finger cap that forms a mechanically protected, wet chamber around the injury for optimal regeneration conditions. It contains a puncturable reservoir for excess wound fluid, which can be thus routinely analyzed for diagnostic and research purposes.
This study protocol explains the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the semiocclusive treatment of fingertip amputations in both children and adults comparing traditional film dressings with the novel silicone finger cap. Being the first RCT using 2 medical devices not yet certified for this indication, it will gather valuable information for the understanding of fingertip regeneration and the design of future definitive studies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:30698 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Schultz, Jurek, Leupold, Susann, Grählert, Xina, Pfeiffer, Roland, Schwanebeck, Uta, Schröttner, Percy, Djawid, Barbara, Artsimovich, Wladislav, Kozak, Karol, Fitze, Guido |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | Medicine : analytical reviews of internal medicine, dermatology, neurology, pediatrics and psychiatry (2017), 96(41), ISSN 0025-7974. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008224. Artikelnr.: e8224 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.1097/MD.0000000000008224 |
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