Case study: Post-surgical abdominal wound

Wound type:

Non-healing surgical wound

Patient

44-year-old female

History

Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, has undergone multiple abdominal surgeries, radiation therapy, and is on chemotherapy with severe anorexia and fatigue

100%
reduction in slough and 100% re-epithelialization in 47 days*
*Individual results will vary

Wound presentation

  • The patient presented with a complex abdominal wound with deep tissue involvement and undermining. 95% of the wound had slough and no granulation tissue was present. Sharp debridement was deemed inadvisable.

Treatment

Application of SANTYL Ointment daily for debridement.

Individual results will vary

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Baseline Day 1

  • Wound measures 9cm x 3.5cm (undermining at 6 and 12 o’clock positions)
  • 95% necrotic tissue (yellow slough)
  • Daily application of SANTYL Ointment with dressing was initiated
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Day 6

  • Wound measures 6.5cm x 2.5cm (minimal undermining)
  • New granulation tissue present
  • 20% re-epithelialization
  • 80% slough
  • Continued with daily SANTYL Ointment application and dressing changes
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Day 20

  • Wound measures 3.5cm x 2.1cm
  • 20% granulation tissue present
  • 40% re-epithelialization and reduction in wound size
  • Continued with daily SANTYL Ointment application and dressing changes
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Day 47

  • 100% reduction in slough
  • 100% re-epithelialization
  • Discontinued application of SANTYL Ointment

Result

100%
reduction in slough and 100% re-epithelialization in 47 days*
*Individual results will vary

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