Aims: According to the World Health Organization, between 1980 and 2014 the total number of people with diabetes in the world increased from 108 million to 422 million and by the end of 2020, the total number was approximately 463 million. The most frequent complication in this type of patient is diabetic foot ulcer, where conventional treatments generally fail to solve the problem and in many cases the condition ends with amputation. In 1998, an electrical stimulator was developed, called Stimul W, whose application in the healing of pressure and venous ulcers has yielded satisfactory results, allowing not only to obtain the Medical Registry by health entities in Cuba and other countries and even patent the mentioned equipment, but it has been achieved, in more than two decades of work, the healing of 1,191 ulcers of both types, with 94.5% effectiveness, a healing time that ranges between 21 and 42 days , according to the characteristics of the ulcer and without recurrence in any case treated. Starting in 2015, the application of this technique began in diabetic foot ulcers with the objectives of measuring the effectiveness and achieving an alternative treatment for this type of injury. In the present work a brief compilation of the results achieved in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer using electrical stimulation is shown. Statistical Model: 31 diabetic patients, over 40 years old, with a total of 38 diabetic foot ulcers (some patients had more than one lesion) were treated, with times with the ulcer ranging between 1 and 6 months. The treatment consisted of a daily application for 30 minutes, using the Stimul W electrical stimulator, through the use of self-adhesive electrodes, conveniently placed around the affected area and on healthy skin, with current values corresponding to scale 8 of the stimulator, approximately 1.5 mA and using the two stimulation channels Results: Results: In 27 of the 31 patients treated, the ulcer was healed with an effectiveness of 87%. In relation to ulcers, 33 ulcers healed in total, for 86.8% effectiveness. Average healing times were between 30 and 42 days, considering a daily session. Conclusion: Acceleration of healing was achieved with respect to conventional treatments, reducing healing times, and not producing adverse events during and after the application of the treatment.
Wireless micro current stimulation - an innovative electrical stimulation method for the treatment of patients with leg and diabetic foot ulcers