Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Comparing Alginate Silver Dressing with Silver Zinc Sulfadiazine Cream in the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
An 80-year-old female with underlying diabetes mellitus (). She had had a grade III sacral pressure ulcer with some necrotic tissue for 15 days. She received debridement and the wound was treated with alginate silver dressing. Eight weeks after treatment, the wound size had been reduced from 20 cm2 to 3 cm2.