Case study: Radiation burn
​Enluxtra™ Self-Adaptive Wound Dressing Clinical Results

Patient: 
The patient is an 80-year-old female, non-ambulatory. Co-morbidities: hypertension, chronic kidney disease, neurofibromatosis, hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, glaucoma, GERD, anemia, urinary incontinence.

Wound and previous treatment: 
A radiation burn of the right buttock started during the 4th week of the patient’s radiation treatment. No previous wound treatment was administered.  

Enluxtra treatment: 
Enluxtra dressing treatment started in December, 2015 with daily dressing changes during the patient’s last week of radiation treatment. Enluxtra dressing change frequency was reduced to 1-2 per week from December 16 to completion.

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Week 0:
​Wound size is 15cm x 11cm x 0.1cm.

​Week 1:
​Radiation therapy is still being conducted. Wound size is 16cm x 14cm x 0.1cm. 

Week 3: Once radiation therapy  was concluded, the wound size started to decrease rapidly. Wound size is 11cm x 7cm x 0.1cm. 

Week 6: Wound size is 7cm x 4cm x 0.1cm.

Week 8: Wound is healed. 

Reference: Marilen Cabrera, RN Home Health Care Chicago, IL

​Conclusions and clinical outcome:
Enluxtra applications on this radiation burn rapidly reduced the wound size and provided non-medicated pain relief which resulted in reduced dosage of pain medication and decreased discomfort for this patient. Enluxtra used for burns (as well as wounds of other etiologies) also improves the appearance of healed scars. ​
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