An Observational Study of Efficacy of Cadexomer Iodine and Povidine Iodine in Infective Wound Management

Background : A wound is considered infectious if it does not heal in the typical way that most wounds do. Wounds that do not heal in three months are often classified as chronic. It appears that infectious wounds are postponed throughout one or more stages of the healing process. For example, infected wounds often stay in an inflammatory state for a long time. Chronic wounds may never fully heal or may take many years to do so. These wounds put a great deal of financial burden on the healthcare system overall and give patients great mental and physical suffering. Long-term infected wounds, wounds that need continuous care or hospitalisation, and wounds that are anticipated to heal slowly are all treated with sugar dressings. The rate of healing was assessed following the administration of povidone Iodine and Cadexomer . Cadexomer /povidone was used to manage the infection for the period while using a traditional dressing Aims And Objectives: 1. To assess role of cadexomer iodine and povidone iodine in controlling of local infection in chronic non healing infectious wounds 2.To assess the control of infection in terms of improvement of ASEPSIS score 3.To assess rate of wound healing in terms of a)Reduction of wound size and epithelisation b)Decrease in duration of hospital stay c)Minimise extreme outcomes like amputation. Methodology : Prospective ,observational study carried out in Dept. of General Surgery, Dr.PSIMS & RF between November 2020 and October 2022 in 80 cases of chronic non healing infectious wounds divided into two groups. Results And Conclusion: It is concluded that cadexomer iodine and povidine iodine is very effective in management of infective wounds.