Clinical observation on albumin in treating superficial skin ulcer

Objective To observe the efficacy of albumin on superficial skin ulcers.Methods 72 patients with superficial skin ulcers were randomly divided into observation group (37 cases) and control group (35 cases).Patients in observation group were wetdressed with 20％ albumin while patients in control group were treated by conventional methods.Results Average cure time was (9.1 ± 0.3) days in observation group and (13.5 ± 0.2) days in control group.Two week cure rates were 78.4％ (29/37) in observation group and 45.7％ (16/35) in control group (P ＜ 0.01).No significant difference was observed between observation group and control group in patients with ulcer ＜ 4 cm2 while significant differences were found in patients with area of ulcer ＞ 4 cm2.Conclusion Albumin wetdressing is recommended in the treatment of skin ulcers. Key words: Skin ulcer;  Albumin;  Wound healing