Bioelectric dressing supports complex wound healing in small animal patients

It is well documented that physiological electric fields provide the earliest signals necessary to initiate cell proliferation, migration, and ultimately re-epithelialization of wounds. Additionally, electricity is known to exert an antimicrobial effect. An electric field-generating wound dressing designed to mimic physiological electric fields has not been described in the small animal clinic. This manuscript retrospectively reviews the use of a microcell battery-impregnated bioelectric dressing (BED) in five small animal patients with complex wounds.
Source: Topics in Companion Animal Medicine - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Source Type: research