Polyurethane foam sheets for relieving pressure from diabetic neuropathic plantar ulcers: A pilot study

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Piaggesi, Alberto ^a,c   Romanelli, M ^a   Fallani, E ^b   Baccetti, F ^a   Navalesi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Centro Ortopedico Fallani   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Dressing; Polyurethane; Ulcers; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PLANTAR ULCER; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; ULCER HEALING; WALKING;

EID: 0034102125     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630050517667     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Murray HJ, Boulton AJM, The pathophysiology of diabetic foot ulceration. Clin Podiatr Med Surg (1995) 12: 1-17.
2. Boulton AJM, Clinical presentation and management of diabetic neuropathy and foot ulceration. Diabet Med (1991) 8: 552-7.
3. Young MJ, Breddy JL, Veves A, Boulton AJM, The prediction of diabetic neuropathic foot using vibration perception threshold: a prospective study. Diabetes Care (1994) 17: 557-60.
4. Wagner FW, The dysvascular foot: a system for diagnosis and treatment. Foot Ankle (1981) 2: 64-122.
5. Levin ME, Preventing amputations in the patient with diabetes. Diabetes Care (1995) 18: 1383-94.
6. Boulton AJM, End-stage complications of diabetic neuropathy: foot ulceration. Can J Neurol Sci (1994) 21 (Suppl 1): s18-s22.
7. Frykberg RG, Diabetes foot ulcerations. In: Frykberg RG (ed) The high risk foot in diabetes mellitus. Churchill-Livingstone: New York, NY, 1991, pp. 151-95.
8. Sinacore DR, Total-contact casting in the treatment of diabetic neuropathic ulcers. In Levin ME, O'Neal LW (eds) The diabetic foot, 4th edn. Mosby-Year Book: St Louis, MO, 1988, pp. 273-92.
9. Mueller MJ, Diamond JE, Sinacore DR et al, Total contact casting in treatment of diabetic plantar ulcers: controlled clinical trial. Diabetes Care (1989) 12: 384-8.
10. Falanga V, Zitelli JA, Eaglestein WH, Wound healing. J Am Acad Dermatol (1988) 17: 1265-73.
11. Mertz PM, Marshall DA, Eaglestein WH, Occlusive wound dressing to prevent bacterial invasion and wound infection. J Am Acad Dermatol (1985) 12: 662-8.
12. Trelease CA, A cost-effective approach for promoting skin healing. Nurs Econom (1986) 4: 1-12.
13. McMurray JF, Wound healing with diabetes mellitus. Surg Clin North Am (1984) 64: 769-77.
14. Morgan DA, Wound dressings and dressing principles. In: Harting K (ed) Advanced wound healing resource. Coloplast A/S: Epergaerde, 1992, pp. XIV 1-18.