The latest in Diabetic foot wound healing ……..now at M.V. Hospital
Diabetic foot ulcer is a cause for enormous suffering, loss in economic productivity and mortality. The outcome is poor because of the severity of the disease. Management is often sub optimal because of poor understanding of the subject and it is unfashionable and generally omitted from professional training and largely neglected in research. The result is that ignorance is endemic; management is guided by belief and habits more than by evidence and research allocation is minimal. The technology has been revolutionized and recent advances are a boon to man-kind. One such example is VACCUM ASSISTED CLOSURE device which works on the principle of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It involves the delivery of intermittent or continuous sub-atmospheric pressure through a specialized pump connected to the wound surface maintaining a closed environment. The pump is connected to a canister, which serves to collect wound discharge and exudates. Studies have shown that VAC therapy system yielded a higher proportion of healed wounds, faster time to wound closure, a more rapid and robust granulation tissue response and reduced risk for a second amputation. Keeping pace with time and technology, the VAC system has been introduced recently at our centre. We at M.V. Hospital are using this technology in treating diabetic foot ulcers and have achieved good results. VAC therapy is indicated in larger, deeper and partial foot amputation wounds. However, they are contraindicated in small wounds responding to debridement.
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