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Article: Determinants and estimation of healing times in diabetic foot ulcers. (Journal Digest: Diabetic Foot Update).
- Article from:
- The Diabetic Foot
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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Zimny S, Schatz H, Pfohl M (2002) Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 16: 327-32
Prolonged healing of diabetic foot ulcers and unnecessary amputations might be a consequence of unpredictable results of conservative treatment. It is therefore important to define reliable predictors for the assessment of wound healing in diabetic foot ulcers.
This study investigates the claim that the ulcer area in neuroischaemic and ischaemic diabetic foot ulcers is positively correlated with healing time.
Aim
To assess wound size reduction and time course for healing, and to establish equations to predict the time course of wound healing in ...