2023, Volume 16, Issue 7, pp 1098 – 1104

Investigating the joint application of negative pressure wound treatment and tissue therapy for chronic wounds in patients with diabetes

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Corresponding Authors: Mykhailo Tymchenko Surgery Department, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine Email: michael.timchenko@gmail.com

Svitlana Gramatiuk International Biobanking and Education, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria Email: gramatyuk@ukr.net

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of combined negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and human amniotic membrane in patients with chronic wounds associated with diabetes. A total of five patients with type 2 diabetes, including ischemic and mixed forms of diabetic foot syndrome, presenting with ischemic wounds of the lower extremities were included in this study. Patients with uncorrected limb ischemia were excluded. The treatment protocol included diabetes compensation (treatment with fractional insulin therapy), anticoagulant, metabolic therapy and angiotropic therapy, physical treatment methods, osteoporosis therapy with calcium preparations, and wound-specific interventions. The primary treatment approach involved the application of a vacuum bandage to the transplanted human amniotic membrane, which improved the adaptation of the flap to the wound surface, allowed the removal of excess wound exudate, and stimulated angiogenesis and reparative properties. The combined approach of NPWT and biotherapy was a safe and effective cure for diabetic wounds, promoting faster wound healing, reducing the need for autodermoplasty, and possibly reducing the necessity for high-level amputations.

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PMC ID: 10600680
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DOI: 10.25122/jml-2023-0020

Article Publishing Date (print): 7 2023
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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