Nuevos avances en el tratamiento del pie diabético
- Merino Díaz, Borja
- González Fajardo, J. A.
- Revilla Calavia, Alvaro
- Taylor, J.
- Estévez, I.
- Vaquero Puerta, Carlos
ISSN: 1139-8264
Argitalpen urtea: 2012
Alea: 15
Zenbakia: 2
Orrialdeak: 95-101
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Revista española de investigaciones quirúrgicas
Laburpena
The meticulous care of the diabetic foot is vital to prevent infection and complications such as amputations and sepsis. Its management should be a multidisciplinary approach in which the central axis is the prevention and the assessment and individualized comprehensive treatment of the patient. In recent years, has shown that therapies applied previously to other fields, could be used in the diabetic foot, constituting an increase in the therapeutic arsenal should be designed to fight infection and preserve the patient's limb. We analyze the effectiveness, clinical outcomes and costs of these new therapies, especially negative pressure therapy (NPT), hyperbaric oxygen therapy, treatment with growth factors, cell therapy, protease modulating dressings, electrical therapy and the nutritional supplements.