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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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. |
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Week 1:
Radiation therapy is still being conducted. Wound size is 16cm x 14cm x 0.1cm. |
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Week 3: Once radiation therapy was concluded, the wound size started to decrease rapidly. Wound size is 11cm x 7cm x 0.1cm.
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Week 6: Wound size is 7cm x 4cm x 0.1cm.
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Week 8: Wound is healed.
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