UrgoStart for treating diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers- medical technologies guidance (MTG42) -

UrgoStart for treating diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers- medical technologies guidance (MTG42)
Information type: Drug best practice guidance
Source: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Specialities: Diabetes | Wounds and injuries
Summary
Guidance states evidence supports adoption of UrgoStart dressings in NHS as option for people with diabetic foot-or venous leg ulcers after any modifiable factors such as infection have been treated because they are linked to increased wound healing vs. non-interactive dressings.
UKMi comment
UrgoStart is an interactive dressing that consists of a layer of open-weave polyester mesh impregnated with hydrocolloid polymers within a petroleum jelly known as technology lipido-colloid.
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