Vaia Lambadiari, Aikaterini Kountouri, Fοteini Psahoulia, Georgia-Angeliki Koliou, Andreas Lazaris, Efstathios Michalopoulos, Panagiotis Mallis, Emmanouil Korakas, Ioanna Eleftheriadou, Konstantinos Balampanis, Markos Sarris, Panagiotis Tsirigotis, George Geroulakos, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, George D Dimitriadis, Nikolaos Tentolouris
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to examine the hypothesis that umbilical cord blood platelet lysate (UCB-PL) gel has a significant impact on the healing rate of DFU. Μethods: In this open-labeled, randomized controlled trial, 110 patients were randomized to treatment with UCB-PL gel (UCB-PL group, n = 52) every three days for one month or dressing with normal saline (control group, n = 58). All participants were followed up for 20 weeks post treatment. Ulcer surface area was assessed with the imitoMeasure application at two, four, and six weeks, and two, four and six months...
February 26, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine