Background: Vacuum-assisted dressing is a noninvasive closure system of the wound, which makes localized and controlled negative pressure. Its mechanical tension reduces edema, stimulates granulation tissue formation and angiogenesis, and prepares the wound bed for closure. In this study, a patient has been presented, who suffered from serious lower extremity wounds due to arterial emboli, one ...

AIMS To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer. METHODS This multicentre, prospective, observational study reviewed participants' data at 12 months after culture of a diabetic foot ulcer requiring antibiotic therapy. From participants' notes, we obtained information on the incidence of wound ...

OBJECTIVES The restoration of an intact covering is the primary surgical requisite following trauma of the lower extremity because deep healing can be no better than the surface covering. The present article is about our experience of lower limb reconstruction using fasciocutaneous flaps. METHODS 20 fasciocutaneous flaps in 15 males and 5 females were used for the wound / defect of lower limb...

With the introduction of the Griintzig balloon catheter, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has gained increased acceptance and has been used to dilate lesions in the coronary [7], renal [6, 91, mesenteric [41, aorta [5], iliac [ 11, femoral [3] and popliteal [3] arteries. In lower extremity ischemia it has been used primarily to treat patients with claudication and short segmental lesions [...

Abstract Background and Aims Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an extremely common condition in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on dialysis. Concomitant comorbidity such as diabetes may be associated complex vascular dysfunction, ESRD itself a recognized risk factor for PAD leading to non healing ulcers lower limb amputation, which occurs high rate of [1]. Despite improvement en...

Aim: Diabetic foot ulcers are the most common cause of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in the industrialized world. Tissue-engineering products offer a lower extremity salvage strategy when healing does not proceed according to the standard of care. New allogeneic sheets are available for the management of diabetic leg and foot ulcers. Methods: The endpoints of this case series study r...

BACKGROUND Chronic leg ulcers cause long term ill-health for older adults and the condition places a significant burden on health service resources. Although evidence on effective management of the condition is available, a significant evidence-practice gap is known to exist, with many suggested reasons e.g. multiple care providers, costs of care and treatments. This study aimed to identify eff...

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the combined efficacy of foot care education and recombinant human platelet‐derived growth factor (rhPDGF) on the wound healing in foot ulcers among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Subjects and Methods: A randomized control trial and a factorial design were used in this study in a 500-bedded private teaching hospital with four major surgical units in...