https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2024.107

Evaluation study of the UCS® Debridement medical device in the treatment of chronic skin lesions

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024)
Submitted: November 21, 2023
Accepted: January 10, 2024
Published: April 30, 2024
UCS® Debridement, UCSol®, debridement, mechanical debridement, maintenance debridement, pain, biofilm, procedural pain, xerosis, scaling, bleeding
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Francesco Giacinto
drfrancesco.giacinto@gmail.com
Specialist in Surgery, Head of the Castrolibero Experimental Vulnology Clinic, Contact Person for Vulnology at the Provincial Health Authority (ASP) of Cosenza, Italy.
Elisabetta Giacinto
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5348-3925
Resident Doctor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, A. Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Mario Giacinto
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2203-1549
Doctor in Podiatry, Master Degree in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Health Professions, Master in Wound Care, Specialist Center “Giacinto Vulnology”, Cosenza, Italy.

UCS® Debridement is a sterile system for the initial debridement and maintenance of chronic skin lesions and for the cleansing and hydration of the perilesional edges and the entire limb. The system is designed to improve and facilitate the cleansing and mechanical debridement phase. Recommendations for the management of a wound with the presence of biofilm include cleaning, debridement, and application of an appropriate dressing to keep the number of microorganisms to a minimum. The debridement activity should be started and undertaken regularly. The aim of this observational study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of biofilm removal by the medical devices used, reduction of pain during and after the procedure, reduction of operative times, reduction of bleeding, benefits to wound edges of the injury, and improvement of perilesional skin

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Giacinto, F., Giacinto, E., & Giacinto, M. (2024). Evaluation study of the UCS<sup>®</sup> Debridement medical device in the treatment of chronic skin lesions. Italian Journal of Wound Care, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2024.107
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