[Potentials of a scanning electron microscopic method in studying dressing materials]

The possibilities of the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique were evaluated in the studies of functional properties of dressing materials. It was shown that the use of SEM enables the disclosing of the effect of structural characteristics of the dressing materials on their atraumaticity, the appraisal of the absorption capacity of the dressings, and the exploration of the time course of wound healing under the dressings.