ConvaTec has announced results from a study that found Moldable Technology skin barriers highly effective in preventing peristomal skin lesions in new ostomy patients. Peer-reviewed study results were published in the journal Ostomy Wound Management.
People with an ostomy have a surgicallycreated opening (or stoma) for the discharge of bodily waste, commonly as a result of certain cancers or bowel disease. A skin barrier, which attaches a collection pouch to the abdomen, is designed to protect the skin around the stoma.
Traditional skin barriers are cut to fit the stoma opening. Moldable Technology requires no cutting, and instead creates an elastic-like seal that ‘rebounds’ to fit any stoma size and shape. When it comes in contact with moisture, the Moldable skin barrier is designed to swell and ‘turtleneck’ upward to enhance the seal. An estimated half of all ostomates develop skin complications around the stoma, and the majority of problems stem from bodily waste leaking in between the stoma and the seal. By contrast, the study found more than 95% of new ostomy patients who started on Moldable Technology kept their skin healthy.
