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Obesity has assumed epidemic proportions today. To overcome this problem, many morbidly obese people resort to gastric bypass surgery. This procedure is also recommended by doctors to avoid many related health issues. But, despite its popularity, gastric bypass surgery comes with surgical complications. High costs and long recovery time add to patients' woes. Another side effect of this procedure is that it leads to a great degree of weight loss. This can cause loose or hanging skin and patients may have to go in for further surgery for removal of excess skin. Wound dehiscence or the splitting open of wound edges can be a significant risk resulting from this kind of body lift procedure. One solution for this is to use collagen wound dressings, which has shown proven results in achieving wound closure faster than traditional methods.
Many gastric bypass surgery patients have a higher risk for complications like dehiscence for a variety of reasons.
Prolonged recovery time post gastric bypass surgery can be stressful for patients. Healing the wound quickly is the best possible and most desired outcome. Collagen dressing is far more effective at healing wounds faster when compared to other traditional dressings like gauze. According to Rohan Jain, COO of Human BioSciences Inc, "Collagen delivers the skin with all the materials required to repair itself. Patients will spend less time in hospitals, have fewer complications and spend less time doing dressing changes with this technology." There are several products today like gels, sheets and particles for this purpose.
Old fashioned bandages and antiseptic and the like simply are not enough for many wounds. According to a NCBI report, collagen dressings are beneficial because of the following reasons:
(With inputs from Agencies)