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Copper Dressings to the Wound Rescue after Everything Else Failed: Case Report
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We report a dramatic case in which an initially minor superficial wound with an area of approximately 4 cm2 in diameter, increased in size to ~300 cm2 and more than 1cm deep, during 8 months of hospitalization. This deterioration occurred despite a wide range of standard of care procedures, such as OR debridement of necrotic tissue, systemic and local antibiotics administration, application of a variety of antimicrobial wound dressings, wound washes, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, pressure chamber treatment, and two skin grafts after escharotomy. Resolution of the wound progression, subsequent granulation tissue formation, epithelialization, wound healing and almost complete wound closure- was achieved only after treatment with copper oxide impregnated wound dressings. This case strongly supports the potential role of copper in the healing process of hard-to-heal wounds.
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Copper dressings enhance healing in hard-to-heal wounds, including infected and non-infected wounds, across all stages of healing.
“Numerous studies have demonstrated the ability of copper dressings to enhance healing in hard-to-heal wounds, including both infected and non-infected wounds, across all stages of the healing process [107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122].”
From The Journey of Copper-Impregnated Dressings in Wound Healing: From a Medical Hypothesis to Clinical Practice (2025) · cites this paper as [112]
The Introduction and Patient Description report that copper oxide dressings were followed by granulation, epithelialization, and substantial healing of one hard-to-heal wound. The Discussion says the dressings may have kept that wound clear of infection, but this case report does not demonstrate enhanced healing in both infected and non-infected wounds across all stages of healing. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Chausha Weitman, C., Roth, T., & Borkow, G.
- Venue
- Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports
- Publisher
- Fortune Journals
- Published
- 2022
- Volume
- 06
- Issue
- 03
- ISSN
- 2575-9655 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4285246424
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3
- FWCI
- 0.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Wound Healing and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Keywords
- wound healing, chronic wounds, wound dehiscence, negative pressure wound therapy, escharotomy, skin grafts, granulation tissue, re-epithelialization, antimicrobial dressings
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