Efficacy of Intra-Lesional Platelet Rich Plasma in Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Author(s):  
Ajay Gupta ◽  
Chethan Channaveera ◽  
Satyaranjan Sethi ◽  
Sunil Ranga ◽  
Vijender Anand

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is well managed by infection control, euglycemic state, debridement of ulcer followed by appropriate dressing and off-loading of the foot. Studies have reported that when DFU is properly off-loaded, about 90% of these would heal in nearly six weeks. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) serves as a growth factor agonist and has mitogenic and chemotactic properties which help in DFU healing. To evaluate the efficacy of local application of PRP with respect to healing rate and ulcer area reduction in treating diabetic foot ulcer. Materials and Methods: Sixty non-infected DFU patients with plantar ulcer of size less than 20cm2 and Wagner's Grade 1 & 2 were randomized to receive normal saline dressing (Control group - CG) or PRP dressing (Study group - SG) in conjunction with total contact casting for 6 weeks (or till complete ulcer healing), whichever was earlier. Evaluation was done at weekly interval for healing rate and change in ulcer area.Results: Mean ulcer area of study participants at baseline was 4.96 {plus minus} 2.89cm2 (CG) and 5.22 {plus minus} 3.82cm2 (SG) (p=0.77) which decreased to 1.15{plus minus}1.35cm2 (CG) and 0.96{plus minus}1.53cm2 (SG) (p=0.432) at 6wks. Percent reduction in mean healing area at 6wks was 81.72{plus minus}17.2% and 85.98{plus minus}13.42% in control group and study group respectively (p=0.29). Average rate of healing achieved at 6 weeks was 0.64{plus minus}0.36cm2 and 0.71{plus minus}0.46cm2 in control group and study group respectively (p=0.734). Conclusions: PRP dressing is no more efficacious than normal saline dressing in management of DFU in conjunction with total contact casting.

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Vijay kumar Siddalingappa ◽  
Mohan kumar Kariyappa ◽  
Subhashish Das

90 patients with diabetic foot ulcer admitted in Department of General Surgery R. L. JALAPPA HOSPITAL, TAMAKA, KOLAR, in between the study period of December 2017 to June 2019. The study is estimated to include diabetic foot ulcer patients satisfying inclusion criteria who are admitted in surgical wards of RLJH and RC. A complete detailed history, as per standard proforma will be obtained and documented. All patients will undergo clinical examination with relevant investigations after obtaining an informed consent. Patients are divided into 2 groups using even-odd method to include similar type of cases in both groups, where even group is study group and odd group is control group. RESULTS: Predisposition of diabetic foot ulcer was common among males than in females, More number of diabetic patients presented with diabetic foot ulcer arising from trauma than those occurring spontaneously. The spontaneous onset ulcers healed better with PRP than those arising due to traumatic onset. The ulcers on dorsal aspect heal faster than on plantar aspect, PRP dressing improved the rate of healing in lower Wagner grade ulcer than in higher grade ulcer, Patients who were on insulin alone showed better healing than those on OHA. Over all PRP dressing group showed higher rate of ulcer size reduction than those on saline dressing. CONCLUSION: The diabetic ulcer in the study group treated with PRP dressing contracted in wound size more than in the control group. This indicates that PRP dressing is an effective method to facilitate wound contraction in diabetic patients with foot ulcer. PRP dressing is found to be more effective, cost efcient and safe promoter of ulcer wound healing and can be used as an adjunct to saline dressings for enhanced healing of diabetic wounds.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495
Author(s):  
Yu-Chi Wang ◽  
Hsiao-Chen Lee ◽  
Chien-Lin Chen ◽  
Ming-Chun Kuo ◽  
Savitha Ramachandran ◽  
...  

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication in diabetic patients and lead to high morbidity and mortality. Numerous dressings have been developed to facilitate wound healing of DFUs. This study investigated the wound healing efficacy of silver-releasing foam dressings versus silver-containing cream in managing outpatients with DFUs. Sixty patients with Wagner Grade 1 to 2 DFUs were recruited. The treatment group received silver-releasing foam dressing (Biatain® Ag Non-Adhesive Foam dressing; Coloplast, Humlebaek, Denmark). The control group received 1% silver sulfadiazine (SSD) cream. The ulcer area in the silver foam group was significantly reduced compared with that in the SSD group after four weeks of treatment (silver foam group: 76.43 ± 7.41%, SSD group: 27.00 ± 4.95%, p < 0.001). The weekly wound healing rate in the silver foam group was superior to the SSD group during the first three weeks of treatment (p < 0.05). The silver-releasing foam dressing is more effective than SSD in promoting wound healing of DFUs. The effect is more pronounced in the initial three weeks of the treatment. Thus, silver-releasing foam could be an effective wound dressing for DFUs, mainly in the early period of wound management.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Byomokesh Patro ◽  
Pankaj Surana ◽  
Kailash Chandra Mahapatra

Background: Infection of a diabetic foot wound heralds a poor outcome, early diagnosis and treatments are important. The aim of the study was to study the efficacy of external fixation in healing large, deep and unstable diabetic foot wounds.Methods: 50 patients with diabetic foot ulcer considered for the present study. Out of this 50 cases 25 are selected for external fixations (study group), after fulfilling the inclusion criteria and rest 25 cases are managed by posterior slab support. After reducing the infective load, the external fixator was applied as per application of external fixator procedure. The fixator is kept for 4 to 6 weeks. Daily dressings are done with advance dressing materials. Posterior slab group 25 patients are included having large, deep ulcers and unstable joints, to which posterior slabs were supported after proper and extensive debridement of wound under SA/LA.Results: DFU predominantly affects right lower limb than left lower limb. Both lower limbs affected in 4% cases. Because of different working environment males are more vulnerable to foot ulcerations. Out of 50 cases 48 (96%) of DFU are unilateral and 32 no of cases (64%) are predominantly occurs in right lower limb (Table 2). Out of 50 cases 38 no. of patient are males and 12 no. of patient are females. External fixator in exposed joint decreases the wounds in 52 days where as by posterior slab support 59 days. The mean surfaces are of the wound after therapy in study group is 75 cm2 and in control group it was 78 cm2.Conclusions: Large ulcers and exposed joints due to diabetic foot can be managed by external fixator for better prognosis than posterior slab method.


Author(s):  
Vasanthi B. ◽  
Ainsy Goldlin T. J.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a major cause of increased morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Foot ulcer is one of the long term complications of diabetes. Oxidative stress plays a major role in pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and its long term complications. Impaired wound healing in diabetic individuals is due to ischemia and hypoxia occurring as a consequence of oxidative stress. Vitamin C and E have antioxidant property. This study aims to assess their efficacy in healing of diabetic ulcer. Objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of Vitamin C and E in healing diabetic foot ulcer.Methods: 60 adult patients with diabetic foot ulcer were randomized to test and control groups (30 in each). Treatment period was 12 weeks + 4 weeks follow up per patient. After obtaining written informed consent, patients in test group received Vitamin C (500mg BD) and Vitamin E (400mg BD) for 12 weeks along with standard treatment for diabetes and antibiotics for foot ulcer.Results: At the end of 12 weeks, increase in healing of foot ulcer assessed by percent reduction of ulcer area in study group 72.50% than control group 39.67% (p<0.001) was observed. There was a significant reduction of fasting blood glucose, Oxidative stress induced damage to RBCs and BP in the study group compared to control group. No serious adverse effects occurred.Conclusions: Vitamin C and E reverse oxidative stress induced morphological changes in RBCs, improve anemia and increase blood flow to ulcer area. Hence they are highly effective in healing diabetic foot ulcer along with standard therapy. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younes Najafian ◽  
Zahra M. Khorasani ◽  
Mona N. Najafi ◽  
Shokouh S. Hamedi ◽  
Marjan Mahjour ◽  
...  

Background:Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most common complications of diabetic patients. Mostly, non-healing DFU leads to infection, gangrene, amputation and even death. High costs and poor healing of the wounds need a new treatment such as alternative medicine. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Aloe vera/ Plantago major gel (Plantavera gel) in healing of DFUMethods:Forty patients with DFU enrolled in a double-blind randomized clinical trial. The patients who were randomly assigned into the intervention group (n = 20), received topical Plantavera gel in addition to the routine cares, whereas the patients in the control group (n = 20), received topical Placebo gel in addition to the routine cares. Intervention was done twice a day for 4 weeks in the both groups. Photography and an evaluation of DFU healing were conducted by a checklist and then were scored at baseline and at the end of each week. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS software.Results:At the end of the study, there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of total ulcer score (P<0.001) and Plantavera gel significantly reduced the ulcer surface comparing with the control group (P=0.039). However, there was not a significant difference between the two groups (P=0.263) in terms of the ulcer depth. During this study, no side effect was observed for Plantavera gel in the intervention group.Conclusion:Topical Plantavera gel seems to be an effective, cheap and safe treatment. Of course, further studies are required to confirm the properties of the wound healing of this gel.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S773-S775
Author(s):  
Alexander A Ozoria Loveras ◽  
Jacques Paré Espinal ◽  
David de luna ◽  
Noemi Acevedo

Abstract Background In 2018, a review of the scientific literature identifed biofilm studies in the past 3 years. Wherein, the role of the biofilm in the progression of the diabetic foot ulcer with the presence of biofilm is reviewed. As a result, tissue sampling is more effective than transcure, Levin, and aspiration. A study in Cuba evaluate the effectiveness of a new proposal for antimicrobial treatment in patients with diabetic foot infection in 2017. The method used was a experimental type of two groups. The control group, was treated with the treatment scheme proposed in the Comprehensive Care Program for the patient with diabetic foot ulcer (PAIPUPD). Instead, the other experimental group was treated according to the scheme based on the local microbial map. They used a random distribution. Using the Wagner classification, there were patients classificate with a grade of W2 (13% of patients), W3 (66%) and W4 (12%). The most frequent germs found were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter sp. The experimental group required less days with hospitalization. Methods This is an observational study of primary source with a non-probability sample with 58 patients. Adult patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, with diabetic foot, Wagner classification 1, 2 and 3, who attended the healing area of the Institute of Diabetes of Santiago were included. After identifying the colonized pathogen, its cicatrization process was evaluate for four weeks. Results Of the total sample, 12.07% belonged to Wagner 1, 43.1% to Wagner 2 and 44.83% to the Wagner 3 classification. In the case of the Wagner 3 group, S. aureus and Pseudomona aeruginosa were present in 6 cases. Despite the infectious processes detected by the culture, the patients showed a successful cicatrization process after four weeks of evaluation. Graph 1: Isolated Microorganism Vs Wagner’s Degree (n=60) Graph 2: Gram positive microorganism vs. healing process per week in patients with diabetic foot (n=22) Graph 3: Gram-negative microorganism vs. healing process (n=33) Conclusion During the four weeks of clinical evaluation, more than 88% of patients progressed positively to clinical recovery, regardless of the type of bacteria colonized and/or their resistance to antibiotics. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Ekanova R. N. Sumarauw ◽  
Mendy J. Hatibie ◽  
Djony E. Tjandra ◽  
Fredrik G. Langi

Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is still a health problem related to the extent amount of time in wound healing process hence increasing the treatment cost. Given any methods that are not sat-isfying, encourage the search of other methods that would increase the wound healing rate, in which hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is amongst them. The DFU patient that receives HBOT shows a significant increase in angiogenesis process markedly by faster epithelialization and granulation process. This study was aimed to prove that HBOT could accelerate the wound healing process among DFU patients measured by wound size and depth of PEDIS score. This was a ran-domized controlled trial study, conducted at Surgery Department of Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Gen-eral Hospital from September 2018 to March 2019. There were 20 DFU patients divided into two groups, each of 10 patients. The control group received a holistic treatment, meanwhile the HBOT group received a holistic treatment added with the inclusion of HBOT. PEDIS score assessment of DFU in HBOT group was measured before and after the third HBOT session, meanwhile the con-trol group was measured on the first and the third day. The results showed that the difference in PEDIS score value was markedly found in HBOT group compared to the control group (2 vs. 0, P=0.001). Conclusion: HBOT could enhance the wound healing process in DFU patients based on the declined PEDIS score.Keywords: HBOT, PEDIS score, diabetic foot ulcerAbstrak: Ulkus kaki diabetik (UKD) masih merupakan masalah kesehatan terkait proses penyembuhan lama sehingga biaya pengobatan meningkat. Belum adanya metode penanganan yang memuaskan, mendorong pencarian metode percepatan penyembuhan luka, salah satunya ialah terapi oksigen hiperbarik (TOHB). Penderita UKD yang menjalani tambahan TOHB diketahui mengalami peningkatan proses angiogenesis yang menghasilkan proses epitelialisasi dan granulasi yang lebih cepat. Tujuan penelitian ialah untuk membuktikan bahwa TOHB dapat mempercepat proses penyembuhan UKD, dinilai berdasarkan ukuran dan kedalaman luka melalui skor PEDIS. Penelitian ini menggunakan randomized controlled trial dan dilaksanakan di Bagian Bedah RSUP Prof. Dr. R.D. Kandou Manado sejak September 2018 sampai dengan Maret 2019. Subyek penelitian sebanyak 20 penderita UKD, dibagi dalam dua kelompok, masing-masing 10 penderita. Kelompok kontrol menjalani penanganan holistik UKD, sedangkan kelompok TOHB menjalani penanganan holistik UKD dengan TOHB. Penilaian skor PEDIS terhadap UKD pada kelompok TOHB dilakukan sebelum dan sesudah TOHB sesi ke-3, sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol dilakukan penilaian pada hari ke-1 dan hari ke-3 sesudahnya. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa perubahan skor PEDIS yang terjadi antara kedua pengukuran terlihat lebih besar pada kelompok TOHB dibandingkan kelompok kontrol (2 vs 0, P=0,001). Simpulan. TOHB mempercepat proses penyembuhan UKD dinilai dari penurunan skor PEDIS.Kata kunci: TOHB, skor PEDIS, ulkus kaki diabetik


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 117727192095482
Author(s):  
Ignacio I Álvarez-Rodríguez ◽  
Eduardo Castaño-Tostado ◽  
David G García-Gutiérrez ◽  
Rosalía Reynoso-Camacho ◽  
Juana E Elton-Puente ◽  
...  

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) characterized by ulcer formation, which can lead to the amputation of lower extremities. However, the metabolic alterations related to this complication are not completely elucidated. Therefore, we carried out a metabolomic analysis of serum samples obtained from T2DM adult patients diagnosed with diabetic foot ulcer in a cross-sectional, observational, and comparative study. Eighty-four volunteers were classified into the following groups: without T2DM (control group, n = 30) and with T2DM and different stages of diabetic foot ulcer according to Wagner-Meggitt classification system: DFU G0 (n = 11), DFU G1 (n = 14), DFU G2 (n = 16), and DFU G3 (n = 13). The non-target metabolomic profile followed by chemometric analysis revealed that lysophosphatidylethanolamine (16:1) could be proposed as key metabolite related to the onset of diabetic foot ulcer; however, this phospholipid was not affected by diabetic foot ulcer progression. Therefore, further studies are necessary to validate these phospholipids as biomarker candidates for the early diagnosis of diabetic foot ulcer in T2DM patients.


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