Role of a medication in polyurethane foam in the treatment of diabetic foot lesions
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-S1-A71
© Palumbo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
Published: 19 May 2010
Keywords
Background
The treatment of diabetic foot lesions need medications capable of managing wound infection and exudates that, variously combined, can influence the natural history of the pathology and therefore limb survival. A particular and economic device, is represented by honeycomb structure polyurethane foam Ligasano ©.
Material and methods
Table 1
Complications | Number of patients |
---|---|
glycometabolic failure | 4/5 |
cardiovascular complications | 3/5 |
kidney disease | 1/5 |
rethinic disease | 2/5 |
Results
Plantar lesion.
Infected lesion of the dorsum of the foot onset because the patient wears unqualified shoe.
Infected lesion with tendons exposure.
Flemmone of the left foot surgically drained and treated with antibiotic therapy and intracavitary Ligasano.
Conclusions
In our experience the device was proved to be economic and manageable, allowing the management of the exudates and avoiding, at the same time, the involvement of the perilesional skin that constitutes itself an innovation on the treatment of diabetic foot lesion.
Authors’ Affiliations
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