This page provides educational publications on Woulgan, its ingredients and its mode of action, in the form of scientific articles, posters and presentations for you. It will be updated regularly.
*Key publications are marked with stars.
Cost-effectiveness of soluble beta-glucan gel in hard-to-heal wounds: an evaluation
Elg et al. 2019
Journal of Wound Care
A clinical observation evaluation of bioactive soluble beta-glucan gel compared with standard care
Sharon D. Hunt, 2018
Journal of Wound Care
The cost-effectiveness of a novel soluble beta-glucan gel
Keith F. Cutting, 2017
Journal of Wound Care
Clinical evaluation of a bioactive beta-glucan gel in the treatment of “hard-to-heal” wounds
King et al., 2017
Journal of Wound Care
Macrophage stimulating agent soluble yeast β‐1,3/1,6‐glucan as a topical treatment of diabetic foot and leg ulcers: A randomized, double blind, placebo‐controlled phase II study
Zykova et al., 2014
Journal of Diabetes Investigation
A clinical evaluation of Woulgan® Biogel in the management of non-infected diabetic foot ulcerations
Donna Welch, 2017
Diabetic Foot Journal
Satellite Symposium at Wounds UK annual congress 2018, Harrogate
“Dramatically improve your healing rates with prompt addition of BetaGlucan”
- Paul Chadwick: “Key challenges in wound care 2018”
- Ingrid Skjæveland: “What’s Bioactive Beta-Glucan Gel?”
- Kimberley Wilde: “Healing results when adding Woulgan”
Webinar about stalled wound healing and bioactive beta-glucan
presented by Journal of Wound Care and Woulgan, 2017
- Module 1: “Understand why wounds stall and what happens at a molecular level”
- Module 2: “Discover how macrophages in stalled wounds can be activated by stimulation with Bioactive BetaGlucan, restarting the healing process”
Satellite Symposium at EWMA 2017
“Boost your treatment plans: Harness the power of macrophages in wound healing”
- Professor Augustin: “The local impact of non-healing wounds”
- Ron Lagerstee: “The central role of macrophages in wound healing and their activation by Bioactive Beta-Glucan to restart healing”
- Brenda King: “Bioactive Beta-Glucan in clinical practice: case reviews and proposed treatment plans”
Norwegian Oral Presentation at NIFS 2015
Skjæveland & Gerdts
“The activation of macrophages leads to positive results in the treatment of chronic wounds in a Norwegian study”.
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(Note: The presentation is in Norwegian)
E-poster – EWMA 2019 Gothenburg
E-Posters – EWMA 2017 Amsterdam
- The Use of a New Active Treatment Option to Heal 10 Stalled Wounds
Brenda King - Impact of a Gel with Beta-Glucan in 5 Wounds where Healing was Stalled
Keith F. Cutting - A Clinical Evaluation of a Gel with Beta-Glucan in the Management of Non-Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcerations
Donna Welch - Two Case Studies to Demonstrate for Use of a Gel with Beta-Glucan for the Treatment of Stalled Wounds
Lynne Hepworth & Brenda King - A Gel with Beta-Glucan Promoted Healing of 2 Stalled Wounds
Kerstin Goldbach, Kathleen Tschaut & Alexandra Müller - Health Economics of a Gel with Beta-Glucan
Keith F. Cutting
E-Posters – EWMA 2016 Bremen
- Bioactive Beta-Glucan Gel and Preparation of the Wound Bed
Keith F. Cutting - A Novel Bioactive Beta-Glucan and its Role in Wound Care
Keith F. Cutting - Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of a Bioactive Beta-Glucan Gel
Keith F. Cutting
Nordic Diabetic Foot Symposium 2016
E-Posters – Wounds UK 2016
- Health economics of a bioactive beta-glucan gel
Keith F. Cutting - The nature of beta-glucans – and the role in wound care of a novel bioactive beta-glucan gel: Woulgan
Keith F. Cutting - Two case studies to demonstrate the use of an innovative soluble beta-glucan product for the treatment of stalled wounds
Lynne Hepworth - A clinical evaluation of Woulgan in the management of non-infected diabetic foot ulcerations
Donna Welch - The clinical and patient experience of using a bioactive beta-glucan gel on a hard-to-heal-wound
Ruth Fitzgerald - The use of Woulgan to heal a chronic leg ulceration
Jo Overfield
Poster – Wounds UK 2014
If you’re interested in reading more about stalled wound healing, soluble beta-glucan and macrophages, you can have a look at our past blog posts below:
- Active treatment options in chronic wound management
- The Role of Macrophages in Wound Healing
- Beyond the surface: Why wound healing stalls
- Wound healing and stalled wounds: A brief overview
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us!