Alejandra Vidal, Hugo Mendieta Zerón, Israel Giacaman, María Del Socorro Camarillo Romero, Sandra Parra López, Laura E Meza Trillo, David A Pérez Pérez, Miguel Concha, César Torres-Gallegos, Sandra L Orellana, Felipe Oyarzun-Ampuero, Ignacio Moreno-Villoslada
The incidence of ulcers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases every year. We introduce and explore a new mathematical algorithm to evaluate wound-healing in foot ulcers associated to T2DM. Fifteen patients (nine women and six men), mean age of 70 ± 16 years were included. The evolution of their wounds followed-up for a period of 18-45 days. According to the Wagner grading system the ulcers were grade I (5 patients), grade II (9 patients), and grade III (1 patient). Clinically, the type of the ulcers was neuroischemic (12 patients) and neuropathic (3 patients)...
December 2015: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists