Wound-Healing Gel

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Reported July 26, 2002

Wound-Healing Gel

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --

Around 5 million people in the United States suffer from chronic,

non-healing wounds, many of them elderly or diabetics. These wounds often

result in amputation. Now a new treatment lets patients help themselves.

It takes help from her daughter, but Eckholdt is happy just to get

around. Poor health and chronic wounds had doctors suggesting amputation.

" She would have lost both legs very likely and I don't know if she would

have made it through either of those operations, " says hyperbaric and wound

care specialist Harch, M.D.

Instead, Dr. Harch, of St. General Medical Center in New Orleans,

took care of Eckholdt's health, then turned to P-Gel to treat her wounds.

According to him, " The potential to minimize amputations is significant. "

To create P-Gel, blood is drawn and spun to separate it. The platelet-rich

plasma on top is combined with healing proteins, growth stimulants and

vitamins. The result is P-Gel -- a gel that is placed on the wound every

four days.

Dr. Harch says, " The normal process of wound healing entails using the

body's normal defense mechanisms and normal healing factors and the P-Gel

replicates that. "

After nine months, Eckholdt's wound is finally healing and her daughter,

Eirleen Brown, is relieved. Brown tells Ivanhoe, " It really is close to a

miracle. I cannot believe it. "

P-Gel saved another patient, , from having her leg amputated

because of a leg ulcer. Three applications and less than eight weeks and

's wound went from looking like the picture on the left to the picture

on the right.

tells Ivanhoe, " It worked real fast. It started healing quick when

they started treating me with the gel. "

It changed 's life and Dr. Harch says it could change the future of

wound care. He adds, however, that P-Gel most likely will not replace

hyperbarics to treat many wounds. Also, because the gel is made from the

patient's own blood, there is no risk of rejection.

If you would like more information, please contact:

Call Center Tenet Hospital

Auto-Genesis Wound Care Advanced Therapy, LLC