Health Economics
Application of bio-cellulose membrane in hard-to-heal wounds, in patients with surgical wound dehiscence and complex wounds of venous etiology. Used in 10 patients with more than 8 weeks of treatment, without infected wound, with an average rate of closure in 10 days, without complications and without recurrence.
Results:
This prevention program had results in the moment, improving the healing rate of the patients, and decreasing the length of stay and the complications. The immediate economic impact was huge for the department, however the economic impact months after the beginning of the program decrease a lot.
Discussion:
When we start this team, we know that all professionals had to be evolved, and even inside of the operation room, where everything could happen. Making the effort on the prevention allows to offer more quality of life to our patients.