Clinical evidence
1) Contact dermatitis 2010: 63: 174 – 175; Marie-Anne Morren, An Van Laethem, Sarah Quartier and An Goossens – Department of dermatology, University Hospital Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
2) Dykes PJ, Heggie R, Hill SA. Effects of adhesive dressings on the stratum corneum of the skin. Journal Wound Care 2001; 10(2): 7-10.
3) Dykes PJ, Heggie R. The link between the peel force of adhesive dressings and subjective discomfort in volunteer subjects. Journal Wound Care 2003; 12(7): 260-62.
4) Mustoe TA, Cooter RD, Gold MH, Hobbs FDR, et al. International clinical recommendations on scar management. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002;110(2):560-71.
5) Platt AJ, Phipps A, Judkins K. A comparative study of silicone net dressing and paraffin gauze dressing in skin-grafted sites. Burns 1996; 22(7): 543-45.
6) Meaume S, Van De Looverbosch D, Heyman H, Romanelli M, Ciangherotti A, Charpin SA. Study to compare a new self-adherent soft silicone dressings with a self-adherent polymer dressing in Stage II pressure ulcers. Ostomy Wound Management 2003; 49(9):44-51.
7) Banks, et al., 1994a; this study demonstrates that in regard to wound healing, a soft silicone dressing is significantly performing better than a hydrocolloid dressing.
8) Banks, et al., 1994a, 1994c; this study demonstrates that a soft silicone dressing is significantly easier to remove than a hydrocolloid dressing.
9) Banks, et al., 1994c; this study demonstrates that a soft silicone dressing causes significantly less pain than a hydrocolloid dressing.
10) Banks et al. 1994a, 1994c; soft silicone dressings are easier to use than hydrocolloid dressings.
11) A Study to Compare a New Self-Adherent Soft Silicone Dressing with a Self-Adherent Polymer Dressing in Stage II Pressure Ulcers; VOLUME: 49- Issue Number: 9.
author: Sylvie Meaume, MD, PhD; Dirk Van De Looverbosch, MD; Hilde Heyman, RN; Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD; Andrea Ciangherotti, MD; and Sylvie Charpin, MD.