Modern Adjunctive Treatment Methods for Diabetic Foot Wounds

Assisted Debridement Methods.

Versajet: It is a wound debridement technique with high flow (Jet) water.

● The distinction between dead and living tissue is determined by a sharper border

● Dead tissue is quickly removed from the wound.

● Wound closure. It ensures smooth and rapid formation of wound bed-granulation tissue for skin graft application.

● Shortens hospital stay.

 

Modern Wound Care Techniques and Products

 

There is no standard approach to diabetic wounds. Each wound should be evaluated according to its own conditions and wound care should be planned. Today, different wound care products and techniques have been developed to support this approach.

 

VAC (Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure) These integrated wound management systems,

● Accelerates wound healing by preparing the wound bed

● Reduces edema in the wound area

● Increases granulation tissue formation and perfusion

● Removal of exudate and infectious materials

 

EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor)

 

● It has been shown to accelerate healing and reduce the ulcer area in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers.

● It has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent lesion formation at the healed ulcer site and hospitalization times.

● EGF is increasingly used in diabetic foot treatment in its topical and intralesional forms.

● 2 sessions per week can be applied.

 

Stem Cell Therapy:

It can be obtained from fat tissue and bone marrow. It increases the formation of new blood vessels, especially in wounds that have not healed for a long time.

 

Ozone Therapy

In chronic non-healing cases, ozone bagging method is applied as a major treatment method. In the major treatment method; A certain amount of blood taken from the patient is mixed with ozone and returned to the body. The bagging method is; The injured area is wrapped with special bags. Some ozone gas is given into the bag. With the bagging method, the amount of oxygen in the injured area increases. The repair process begins with self-renewing cells and tissues. 2 or 3 sessions per week can be applied depending on the wound healing rate.