The document discusses various types of surgical dressings, including transparent film, gauze, alginates, and hydrocolloids, which promote wound healing while preventing harm. It categorizes dressings into dry, wet, bioactive, and skin substitutes, highlighting their uses and contraindications. The history and evolution of surgical dressings since the 1960s is also noted, emphasizing advancements in materials and technologies.

1. Types of fibres used in
surgical dressing
Types of dressings
Transparent film dressings
Gauze dressings
Definition
A dressing is a sterile Pad or compress
applied to a wound to promote wound
healing and prevent further harm
Surgical
dressing(primary)
Bandage(secondary)
It is a piece of material used either to
support a medical device such as a
dressing or splint or on its own to
provide support to the body
History
In 1960, GEORGE WINTER
demonstrated that
wounds kept moist healed
faster
ALGINATE dressing
Hydrogel
Hydrocolloid
Foam dressing
SURGI CAL Dressings
Ideal wound healing
In 1990,surgical dressings
expanded as vapour permeable
adhesive films,hydrogel,
hydrocolloid,alginates and
synthetic foam dressing
1. Dry dressings: gauze, foams,tissue
adhesive
2. Wet dressings: hydrocolloid,hyrogel
,paste ,creams
3. Bioactive dressings : alginates ,elastin
,collagen, antimicrobials
4. Skin substitute: epidermal
substitutes ,acellular skin substitute
Can be used as primary
and secondary dressings
Bandages
Used as primary dressing ,
medium to heavy exdating
bleeding,infected wound
Contradicted in dry wound
as it dehydrates the wound
bed
Uses : Superficial and full thickness
wounds ,skin grafts,donor site
Contraindication: dry wounds
Ekta Srivastava,Fahad Ahmad,Faiza Kokab Moderator: Dr. Manzoor
Farheen Siddiqui,Fatima Khatoon