Update on management of diabetic foot ulcers
By Estelle M. Everett, N. Mathioudakis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2018
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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication of diabetes that results in significant morbidity and mortality. Mortality rates associated with the development of a DFU are estimated to be 5% in the first 12 months, and 5‐year morality rates have been estimated at 42%. The standard practices in DFU management include surgical debridement, dressings to facilitate a moist wound environment and exudate control, wound off‐loading, vascular assessment, and infection and glycemic control. These practices are best coordinated by a multidisciplinary diabetic foot wound clinic. Even with this comprehensive approach, there is still room for improvement in DFU outcomes. Several adjuvant therapies have been studied to reduce DFU healing times and amputation rates. We reviewed the rationale and guidelines for current standard of care practices and reviewed the evidence for the efficacy of adjuvant agents. The adjuvant therapies reviewed include the following categories: nonsurgical debridement agents, dressings and topical agents, oxygen therapies, negative pressure wound therapy, acellular bioproducts, human growth factors, energy‐based therapies, and systemic therapies. Many of these agents have been found to be beneficial in improving wound healing rates, although a large proportion of the data are small, randomized controlled trials with high risks of bias.
Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation
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- Skin Wound Healing Process and New Emerging Technologies for Skin Wound Care and Regeneration (2020, background): “Alginate-based products (calcium alginate, sodium alginate or alginic acid) are hydrogels able to absorb wound exudates and maintain a moist wound environment [48].”
- Diabetic Wound-Healing Science (2021, background): “Surgical debridement of wounds is thought to promote healing by removing non-viable tissue and perhaps interact synergistically with other co-administered treatments and is included as the standard of care for DFUs [212–214].”