Preliminary investigations of spider silk in wounds in vivo — Implications for an innovative wound dressing

A wound is considered to be the result of ‘disruption of normal anatomic structure and function’ [1]. Chronic or non-healing wounds are open wounds that do not epithelialize and ultimately close within 3months. Another definition for a chronic wound is a wound that has not shown a 20–40% reduction in area after 2–4 weeks of optimal therapy [2]. A chronic wound has to be considered as bacterially contaminated, while on the other hand bacterial contamination of the wound results in clinical infection and delays healing if more than 105 organisms per gram of tissue are present [3].

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - July 26, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Christina Liebsch, Vesna Bucan, Bjoern Menger, Franziska K öhne, Karl-Heinz Waldmann, Desiree Vaslaitis, Peter M. Vogt, Sarah Strauss, Joern W. Kuhbier Source Type: research