Back to Search
Start Over
A Simple Mathematical Model for Wound Closure Evaluation.
- Source :
-
The journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists [J Am Coll Clin Wound Spec] 2016 Jul 29; Vol. 7 (1-3), pp. 40-49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 29 (Print Publication: 2015). - Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- The incidence of ulcers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases every year. We introduce and explore a new mathematical algorithm to evaluate wound-healing in foot ulcers associated to T2DM. Fifteen patients (nine women and six men), mean age of 70 ± 16 years were included. The evolution of their wounds followed-up for a period of 18-45 days. According to the Wagner grading system the ulcers were grade I (5 patients), grade II (9 patients), and grade III (1 patient). Clinically, the type of the ulcers was neuroischemic (12 patients) and neuropathic (3 patients). A new parameter is introduced, the "continuous linear healing rate" Dc that was more accurate with higher values and requires less quantifications than usual formulas to make a wound-healing projection.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2213-5103
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1-3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28053868
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jccw.2016.07.002