What’s all the fuss about wound dressing change frequency?
Wound care therapy includes medications and equipment required to treat various injuries including lacerations, pressure ulcers, or deep burn injuries. Developments in the wound dressings sector have reduced the number of amputations and permanent disabilities caused due to injuries or infections.
Diabetes UK (operated by The British Diabetic Association) estimates that diabetic patients are at 30 times higher risk of having an amputation compared to general population. Due to such high probability, a large number of amputation surgeries are witnessed each year, subsequently requiring effective wound dressing to prevent post-surgery infections. Wound dressings are classified into three categories, namely active, passive, and interactive dressings. Passive wound dressing products have only protective function and active wound dressings promote healing by creating moist wound environment. Thus, demand for advanced wound dressings such as hydrogels and foams is expected to increase subsequently.
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Surgeries are performed by making incision on the body, which leads to wound formation. Wound dressings are used in almost all surgical procedures for cleaning as well as treating the wound. For instance, they are used in neurosurgical procedures, cardiac surgery, bariatric surgery, leg surgery, ophthalmic, cesarean and orthopedic surgery. Wound dressings are commonly used to prevent infection and reduce recovery time after surgery. Hence, the demand for wound dressings is expected increase in future.
Additionally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global diabetes prevalence has increased from 4.7% to 8.5% from 1980 to 2014. According to International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Western Pacific region has recorded maximum diabetes cases; its prevalence was 138 million cases in 2014, which is expected to reach 202 million in 2035.
Similarly, as reported by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in 2016, the prevalence of venous leg ulcers was approximately between 0.1% and 0.3% in the U.K. Diabetic patients are at higher risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers which is a type of chronic wound, the treatment of which requires the use of wound dressings.
Furthermore, more than 1.3 million fire accidents were reported by fire departments in 2016, resulting in an estimated 3,390 civilian deaths, as per National Fire Protection Association. Moreover, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) publication in 2014, nearly 1 million people suffer from moderate to severe burns every year in India.
Key players operating in the global wound dressing industry ConvaTec Inc., Coloplast Corp, KCI Licensing, Inc.,Integra LifeSciences, SmithNephewplc, Derma Sciences Inc., Hollister Incorporated, 3M, Medtronic, Medline Industries, Inc. and others.
Source: The Insight Partners