Investigation of adhesion of modern wound dressings: a comparative analysis of 56 different wound dressings

Abstract

The knowledge about the widely differing adhesion properties of different wound dressings on the skin of patients should nowadays be considered during the individual selection of the applied products. Based on these data, different types of wound dressings could be developed, guaranteeing a good adhesion and a low traumatic risk when removed.

Self-adhesive epidermal carbon nanotube electronics for tether-free long-term continuous recording of biosignals

“…The low modulus of CNT/aPDMS means that it can penetrate into the valleys of the skin similar to the gel, which enlarges the contact area and reduces the contact impedance significantly when compared to dry electrodes. Moreover its adhesion force was greatly enhanced compared to other conformal contactable electrode which relies on van der Waals force alone or other adhesives like silicone membranes, spray-on-bandages, Tegaderm films or silicon tapes33132.…”

Polyurethane for biomedical applications: A review of recent developments

“…Many wound dressings made of different materials have been studied and reported, such as hydrocolloid (Jeong et al, 2011), hydrogel (Zohdi et al, 2011), medicated dressings (Yu et al, 2006) and liquid bandages (Martin-Garcia et al, 2005). Klode et al (2011) investigated all kinds of wound dressings, totaling 56 used nowadays, and presented a useful data source that can be used to develop a specifi c wound dressing.…”

Pharmaceutical properties of a low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (L-HPC) hydrogel as a novel external dressing

“…The adhesive force of 7L50G was similar to that of 7L0G, suggesting that the impregnation of glycerol to HGS may not have significantly affected the adhesion properties of L-HPC HGS. The adhesive strengths of silicone dressings were previously reported to be lower than those of hydrocolloid or polyurethane dressings (Klode et al, 2011). Matsumura et al reported the removal of the stratum corneum layer even with the application of silicone dressings to healthy skin (Matsumura et al, 2014).…”

“…The repeated application and removal of strongly adhesive dressings has been identified as the main cause of artificial trauma to the newly forming wound bed and/or adjacent peri-wound skin (White, 2008). Accordingly, a less adhesive or easily removed dressing was considered to be a key property for an "ideal" dressing (Selig et al, 2012) to prevent artificial damage to the dressed skin (Klode et al, 2011).…”