Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: diabetes mellitus is one of the most important in the twenty-first century by the high morbidity and mortality associated with complications health problems. It is a disease of major importance in terms of public health throughout the world for being one of the most common non-communicable and that has increased dramatically in the past 25 years. One of the most frequent complications of diabetic foot ulcer associated with neurological, vascular and infectious disorders.Objective: to describe the results of Heberprot-P® in diabetic foot ulcers in patients treated in the Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery.Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among patients at "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Surgical Clinic Hospital of the City of Santa Clara, Villa Clara Province, in the period from January to December 2012.Results: predominated male patients from 60 to 69 years and grades 2, 3 and 4 of the Wagner and the neuroinfectious criteria of Mc Cook ranking. Most of the patients had a location of your ulcer on the right lower limb and fingers. The effectiveness of treatment with Heberprot-P® was significantly high. The comparison between treated and untreated with Heberprot-P® showed that the number of major amputations of the first was much smaller.Conclusions: Heberprot-P® therapy was effective and significantly reduced the number of major amputations in this center.
Source: Acta Médica del Centro
Authors: Cecilio González Benavides, Liubka María Pérez Mederos, Gleudy Peraltas Pérez
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2317075952