Do silver-based wound dressings reduce pain? A prospective study and review of the literature.
Do silver-based wound dressings reduce pain? A prospective study and review of the literature.
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10.1016/j.burns.2014.09.012
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2014-12-01
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Sanchez, Jaime E
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Abboud, Elia Charbel;Legare, Timothy B;Sanchez, Jaime E
Silver-containing dressings are a mainstay in the management of burn injury and acute and chronic wounds. In addition to antimicrobial activity, there is anecdotal evidence that silver dressings may modulate or reduce wound pain. Pain is subjective and difficult to quantify, and most studies of silver-containing dressings evaluate pain as a secondary rather than a primary outcome. Nevertheless, a dressing with a proven ability to reduce pain independent of systemic analgesics would have great utility. In this study, we compared patient-reported pain levels in patients previously randomized to receiving silver-nylon dressings vs. conventional gauze dressings in a study of surgical site infection. Compared to gauze dressings, patients in the silver dressing group reported less pain between postoperative days 0 and 9 (p