A Comparison of the Efficacy and Cost of Different Venous Leg Ulcer Dressings: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Results for different types of modern dressings. The mean healing rate was 0.415 cm²/week with a standard deviation of 0.383 and the mean cost of dressings was 4.78 GBP with a standard deviation of 4.816. The standard error was 0.111.

Age	Gender	Initial ulcer area [cm^2]	Final ulcer area [cm^2]	Change in ulcer area [cm^2]	Duration of change [weeks]	Rate of healing [cm^2/weeks]	Dressing type	Estimated cost of dressing per patient [GBP]
88	M	2.5	0	2.5	3	0.83	Atrauman Ag	0.15
79	M	3.9	0	3.9	16	0.24	Inadine	0.52
58	F	0.8	0	0.8	8	0.1	Atrauman Ag	0.13
63	F	1.2	0	1.2	9	0.13	Urgotul	1.2
78	F	5	0	5	22	0.23	Medihoney	6.6
51	F	8.8	0	8.8	18	0.49	Iodoflex	9.2
79	F	13.5	0	13.5	17	0.79	Medihoney	13.8
84	F	5.85	0	5.85	17	0.34	Aquacel Ag	9.54
80	F	11.5	6	11.5	4	1.34	Iodoflex	2.67
59	F	4	0	4	26	0.15	Aquacel Ag	9.98
88	F	2.24	0	2.24	13	0.17	Medihoney, Actifoam	3.33
51	F	2.21	0	2.21	13	0.17	Inadine	0.24