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Silver Wound Dressings may Not be That Effective

by Rajshri on April 16, 2010 at 12:37 AM General Health News

A group of British researchers have urged the NHS to drop the usage of silver wound dressings until further evidence is provided that such a system works, a new report reveals.

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According to the report published in the journal Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, while the usage of silver wound dressings has increased, with the NHS spending more than �25 million in 2006-07, the evidence that such dressings are better than conventional dressings is pretty thin.

The report adds that so far any sample size to test the dressings has been of a small size while the trial length has also been short. �With these factors in mind, we believe that the routine use of silver dressings is not justified on clinical or cost-effectiveness grounds as treatment for uncomplicated leg ulcers, when simple dressings and compression bandaging are more appropriate�, the report added.

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