Nano crystalline silver: a breakthrough in treating diabetic foot ulcers

Silver based wound dressings and topical agents for treating diabetic foot ulcers.

BACKGROUND Foot ulceration affects 15-20% of people with diabetes. It is a major precursor to amputation in this patient group, and early and appropriate treatment provides the greatest opportunity for healing. The use of silver for its antimicrobial properties has re-emerged, and modern wound dressings that release a sustained amount of free silver ions, are now widely used in wound management...

Use of the "Scotchcast boot" in treating diabetic foot ulcers.

Cost of treating diabetic foot ulcers in five different countries.

Most estimates in the literature for the economic cost of treating a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) are from industrialized countries. There is also marked heterogeneity between the complexity of cases considered in the different studies. The goal of the present article was to estimate treatment costs and costs to patients in five different countries (Chile, China, India, Tanzania, and the United St...

Intensive versus conventional glycaemic control for treating diabetic foot ulcers.

BACKGROUND The estimated likelihood of lower limb amputation is 10 to 30 times higher amongst people with diabetes compared to those without diabetes. Of all non-traumatic amputations in people with diabetes, 85% are preceded by a foot ulcer. Foot ulceration associated with diabetes (diabetic foot ulcers) is caused by the interplay of several factors, most notably diabetic peripheral neuropathy...

Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers

From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (A.J.M.B., L.V.), and the Departments of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery (R.S.K.), Epidemiology and Public Health (R.S.K.), and Psychology (L.V.), University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami (R.S.K.); and the Department of Academic Medicine, Manchester Royal Infir...