Current therapeutic strategies in diabetic foot ulcers

A Perez-Favila, ML Martinez-Fierro… - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are the fastest growing chronic complication of diabetes mellitus,
with more than 400 million people diagnosed globally, and the condition is responsible for …

Wound management of chronic diabetic foot ulcers: from the basics to regenerative medicine

KL Andrews, MT Houdek… - Prosthetics and orthotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Hospital-based studies have shown that mortality rates in individuals with
diabetic foot ulcers are about twice those observed in individuals with diabetes without foot …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetic foot ulcer: A comprehensive review of pathophysiology and management modalities

JM Raja, MA Maturana, S Kayali… - World Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a debilitating and severe manifestation of uncontrolled and
prolonged diabetes that presents as ulceration, usually located on the plantar aspect of the …

Diabetic foot ulcers: current advances in antimicrobial therapies and emerging treatments

JM Ramirez-Acuña, SA Cardenas-Cadena… - Antibiotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are very important diabetes-related lesions that can lead to
serious physical consequences like amputations of limbs and equally severe social …

Pathogenesis and treatment of impaired wound healing in diabetes mellitus: new insights

D Baltzis, I Eleftheriadou, A Veves - Advances in therapy, 2014 - Springer
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are one of the most common and serious complications of
diabetes mellitus, as wound healing is impaired in the diabetic foot. Wound healing is a …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetic foot ulcer: Challenges and future

L Yang, GC Rong, QN Wu - World journal of diabetes, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) have become one of the important causes of mortality and
morbidity in patients with diabetes, and they are also a common cause of hospitalization …

The role of stem cells in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

SN Blumberg, A Berger, L Hwang, I Pastar… - Diabetes research and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a significant and rapidly growing complication of diabetes
and its effects on wound healing. Over half of diabetic patients who develop a single ulcer …

Innovative functional biomaterials as therapeutic wound dressings for chronic diabetic foot ulcers

J Da Silva, EC Leal, E Carvalho, EA Silva - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The imbalance of local and systemic factors in individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM)
delays, or even interrupts, the highly complex and dynamic process of wound healing …

Diagnosis and management of diabetic foot complications

AJM Boulton, DG Armstrong, RS Kirsner, CE Attinger… - 2018 - Am Diabetes Assoc
At least half of all amputations occur in people with diabetes, most commonly because of an
infected diabetic foot ulcer. A thorough understanding of the causes and management of …

Basic concepts to novel therapies: a review of the diabetic foot

A O'Loughlin, C McIntosh… - … journal of lower …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic. Peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular
disease are complications of diabetes mellitus and the primary causative factors for foot …