Advances in the efficacy and safety of nano-silver dressings for diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) healing

WANG Xu-hong, LIU Guo-bin, XU Lei

Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China

ARTICLE INFO

Article history:

Received 29 Mar 2023

Received in revised form 15 Apr 2023

Accepted 8 May 2023

Available online 14 May 2023

Keywords:

Silver nanoparticles

Diabetic foot ulcer

Antibacterial

Efficacy

Safety

ABSTRACT As a new antimicrobial material, nano-silver dressing has been widely used in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) wounds in recent years.It not only has achieved a satisfactory effect in promoting the healing of DFU, but also has the advantages in controlling wound infection,relieving pain and reducing the frequency of dressing change.In this review, the principle,efficacy and safety of DFU wound healing were reviewed, and the future research directions were prospected.

✉Corresponding author: LIU Guo-bin, Chief Physician, M.D., Doctoral Supervisior.

E-mail: 15800885533@163.com.

Fund Project: National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project(No.81804096);Health and Family Planning Scientific Research Project of Pudong New Area Health Commission (No.PW2020E-4)