PolyMem for Radiotherapy

PolyMem therapy is a soft, absorbent, conformable dressing with moisturising and wound cleansing ingredients which is indicated for radiotherapy-induced skin damage.

Designed to facilitate healing, relieve pain and reduce inflammation, PolyMem therapy is a multifunctional polymeric membrane dressing.

Product Benefits

PolyMem dressings are a hydrophilic polyurethane matrix dressing with a mild, non-toxic wound cleanser, a soothing moisturiser, a superabsorbent and a semi-permeable film backing*.

When PolyMem is applied to the wound, the dressing components work individually and synergistically to support wound healing and pain relief¹.

For radiotherapy patients, PolyMem therapy has proved to:

Provide considerable reduction in pain⁶

Reduce oedema, bruising, and the spread of inflammation into surrounding undamaged tissues by modulating the inflammatory signalling cascade⁷

Eliminate the need for cleansing during dressing changes⁷

Improve sleep pattern⁶

Improve healing rates⁶

Improve quality of life⁶

How the PolyMem formulation works:

All PolyMem dressings effectively cleanse, fill, absorb and moisten wounds throughout the healing continuum. The diagram below explains how each of these elements work.

1. Denyer J, Agathangelou C, White R, Ousey K, HariKrishna R et al (2015) PolyMem Made Easy. Wounds International. Available at https://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/polymem-dressings-made-easy.

2. Beitz AJ, Newman A, Kahn AR et al (2004) A polymeric membrane dressing with antinociceptive properties: analysis with a rodent model of stab wound secondary hyperalgesia. J Pain 5(1): 38–47.

3. Cutting KF, Vowden P, and Wiegand C (2015) Wound inflammation and the role of a multifunctional polymeric dressing. Wounds International 6(2): 41–6.

4. Benskin LL (2016) Polymeric membrane dressings for topical wound management of patients with infected wounds in a challenging environment: A protocol with 3 case examples. Ostomy Wound Manage 62(5): 42–50.

5. Kahn AR (2000) A superficial cutaneous dressing inhibits inflammation and swelling in deep tissues. Pain Med 1(2): 187.

*Excluding Wound In Cavity (WIC) dressings.