Case Report

NPWT: a gate of hope for patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Wound manager, Imam Khomeini Teaching Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

Nephrologist, Associate Professor, Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Reserch Centre, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran

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Roghayeh Esmaili Zabihi

Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran

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Naser Parizad

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran

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Published Online:26 Jun 2019https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.12.S6

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Abstract

Non-healing diabetic foot ulcers are a common and costly complication of type 2 diabetes and can result in lower extremity amputation. This case study concerns a 51-year-old man with a 17-year history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. He had developed a deep ulcer to the calcaneus of his left foot, which was 12x7 cm in size and infected with multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. He was admitted to hospital for the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer and uncontrollable fever and was a candidate for amputation. He was treated with wound irrigation and debridement as well as negative-pressure wound therapy and antibiotic treatment. This strategy was effective and the wound size reduced progressively. The patient recovered well. Medical and wound care teams who deal with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers can benefit from a strategy of combination therapy.

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27 June 2019Volume 28Issue 12

ISSN (print): 0966-0461
ISSN (online): 2052-2819

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Accepted 1 February 2019

Published online 26 June 2019

Published in print 27 June 2019

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the authors would like to thank the patient who took part in this study and his family for their outstanding cooperation.

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