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Revista Cubana de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular
versión On-line ISSN 1682-0037
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DIAZ SALINA, Leysis et al. Treatment and outcome of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp. 29-36. ISSN 1682-0037.
Introduction: diabetes mellitus is a chronic and complex metabolic disease characterized by absolute or relative insulin deficiency. The diabetic foot is associated with neurological abnormalities and peripheral vascular disease of varying severity in the lower extremities. Objective: to describe the treatment and outcome of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Methods: a descriptive study in a sample of 51 patients treated at the clinic III "René Vallejo Ortiz", municipality Manzanillo, during the 2012 data on age, sex, type of diabetes, degree of injury were taken as classified Wagner, type treatment and outcome of patients with diabetic foot ulcers Results: the sample was characterized by a predominance of type 2 diabetes in male patients in the age groups between 54 and 65 and 65 and over. The lesions type I and II of Wagner prevailed in the younger age groups. The treatment applied was the local priest combined with topical or oral antibiotics in 40 (78.4 %) patients and intralesional Heberprot-P in 11 (21, 5 %). 96.1 % had a satisfactory outcome. Conclusions: the successful development of a high percentage of patients indicates that the applied treatments combined Heberprot-P and healing, are suitable for diabetic foot ulcers in patients in the sample.
Palabras clave : diabetic foot,; diabetes mellitus; Herberprot-P.