Urgotul

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7 March 2013

Urgo Medical

France

France

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"Urgotul® SSD/S.Ag is a lipido-colloid dressing made of a polyester mesh impregnated with hydrocolloid particles (carboxymethylcellulose), vaseline particles and silver sulphadiazine."

"Urgotul is a lipidocolloid dressing and is currently used for treating pediatric burns.[12,13] The polyester mesh is impregnated with carboxymethylcellulose, Vaseline, and silver sulfadiazine (3.75%). The wound dressing is antibacterial for 48 hours. Contreet Ag is a silver-coated polyurethane foam. The silver maintains antimicrobial activity for up to 7 days."

"Silver can be found in gels, creams, powders or emulsions and, especially in dressings. Applied to serious wounds such as burns, these dressings differ in terms of composition, rate of release and mode of action of the active metabolite."

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