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Int J Low Extrem Wounds
January 2025
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Our objective was to compare clinical outcomes in diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) treated with AmnioExcel applied weekly (AMX1) or biweekly (AMX2) over a 12-week evaluation period. This randomized clinical trial evaluated 40 people with UT 1A and 1D DFUs >30 days but less than 6 months duration and age >21 years. We excluded patients with untreated osteomyelitis, gangrene, widespread malignancy, or active substance abuse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Case Rep
December 2024
Beijing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, 19 Edgemoor Road, Lutherville-Timonium, MD, 21093, USA.
Background: Magnetic therapy has demonstrated beneficial effects for reducing pain, nausea, neuropathy, and various other health concerns in the human body. To our knowledge, limited research has documented the use of auricular static magnetic therapy as a potential treatment for diabetes. This report presents the first evidence of using magnetic discs placed at acupuncture points on the human ear to decrease blood glucose levels and promote the healing of gangrene in diabetic patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Med Microbiol
December 2024
Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. Electronic address:
Peripheral vascular disorders associated with anti-centromere antibody (ACA) present generally with sclerodactyly in connective tissue disorders (CTD). It is unusual for ACA-associated digital necrosis to develop without preexisting raynaud's phenomena or vascular risk factors. We report a novel case of a 60-year-old non-smoker, non-diabetic woman with ACA and isolated finger necrosis without any other features of CTD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChin J Integr Med
November 2024
Department of Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of thread-dragging therapy on gangrene of non-ischemic diabetic foot ulcers (NIDFU).
Methods: A total of 136 patients with NIDFU were recruited from the Department of Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine between June 21, 2021 and February 1, 2023, and randomized into an intervention group and a control group, with 68 cases in each group. Both groups received basic treatment.
Acta Diabetol
November 2024
Vascular Surgery Unit, El Menoufia University, Sohag, Egypt.
Background: Osteomyelitis (OM) associated with diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is a growing public health challenge worldwide. Since 2012 the number of patients presenting with DFU per year to our centre has doubled.
Objective: This study aims to evaluate outcomes from outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in the management of OM in DFU patients.
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