In everyday life, injuries of the skin from the outside are a frequent occurrence. These acute wounds may have mechanical, thermal, iatrogenic or chemical causes. In these wounds, treatment with the cold plasma jet kINPen® MED will accelerate wound healing and helps to prevent infections.
Patient: 63 years, multiple underlying cardiac and rheumatic conditions, right lower leg, infection (resistant pathogens)
Initial findings
week 8 wound re-epithelisation
Source: DE, Greifswald, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (Greifswald University Hospital), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Plastic Surgery, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Hans-Robert Metelmann
Patient: 85 years, female, CVI, post-operative infection, right tibia fracture, wound size 6 cm² Cold plasma treatment: 9 treatments in 11 weeks,subsiding pain and itching symptoms with increasing number of cold plasma treatments Result: Interruption of kINPen® MED therapy due to hypergranulation, reduction of wound size and marked improvement of wound area, release to home care service possible
Patient: 27 years, male, Sinus pilonidalis, abscess incised operatively, iatrogenic wound, natal cleft, wound size 12.81 cm² Cold Plasma Treatment: 23 treatments in 12 weeks Result: First CAP treatment 3 days post-surgery, one setback during treatment due to sports activity; wound closure
