3M Tegapore: the case for a modern wound contact material

Wound contact materials have long been viewed with suspicion: the tendency of granulation tissue to grow into gauze materials, and outdated practices such as wet-to-dry dressings for debridement mean that they are associated with pain and trauma at dressing change. Modern wound contact materials, however, have been designed to avoid these difficulties, and there are a growing number of case reports that support their use in planned wound care interventions. This article examines the case for the use of Tegapore trade mark wound contact material as part of the treatment of long-lived and complex wounds.