Wound care
Pain and wound healing, the direct correlation
Economic pressure and challenges to prove efficacy in a world where populations and social burden is growing, means healthcare payors are increasingly asking for financial justification for treatments.
Medi-Solfen® aims to reduce both the financial and personal costs relating to chronic wound care.
Patients living with a chronic wound are often subjected to dressing changes. Dressing removal is considered to be the most painful aspect of the dressing procedure, exacerbating the original wound.
This is particularly problematic where a dressing has stuck to the wound or removal of a dressing has torn the skin.
Pain during dressing changes can also be evoked by the debridement of slough and necrotic tissue, the application of antiseptics and the use of wound cleansing procedures.
A better solution for the treatment of chronic wound pain, leg ulcer pain and accidental wounds in humans.
Medi-Solfen answers significant unmet wound care need
3.1bnChronic wounds represent a significant burden in the UK
There are around 200,000 individuals in the UK at any time with a chronic wound. The cost to the NHS of caring for these patients is conservatively estimated at £2.3 billion to £3.1 billion per year (at 2005/06 prices).
The costs of skin breakdown and ulceration in the UK, Professor John Posnett Director of Health Economics, Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management, Hull and Professor Peter J Franks, Centre for Research & Implementation of Clinical Practice, Thames Valley University, London.3%Venous leg ulcers
Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are a major cause of morbidity and decreased health-related quality of life. They have been reported to affect up to 3% of the adult population worldwide1.
1. White JV, Ryjewski C. Chronic venous insufficiency. Perspect VascSurg Endovasc Ther2005;17:319 – 27.2. Margolis DJ, Bilker W, Santanna J, Baumgarten M. Venous leg ulcer: incidence and prevalence in the elderly. J Am Acad Dermatol2002;46:381 – 6.3.7mUS surgical inpatient procedures
According to 2018 data from National Center for Health Statistics 3.7m visits to US emergency departments visits can be attributed to wounds, representing 3% of all visits annually2.
2. National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2018.