A Wound Environment Control System to Avoid Major Amputation in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Julien Vouillarmet; Gisele Fribourg; Lauriane Labaisse; Nellie Della-Schiava

doi:10.3390/medicina59030430

A Wound Environment Control System to Avoid Major Amputation in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Feb 22;59(3):430. doi: 10.3390/medicina59030430.

Authors

Julien Vouillarmet¹, Gisele Fribourg¹, Lauriane Labaisse¹, Nellie Della-Schiava²

Affiliations

¹ Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, 69495 Pierre Bénite, France.
² Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69003 Lyon, France.

Abstract

We report the case of a 58-year-old patient with a diabetic foot lesion at high risk of major amputation successfully treated by a new innovative wound environment control system.

Keywords: amputation; diabetic foot ulcer; medical device; wound environment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amputation, Surgical
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diabetic Foot* / complications
Diabetic Foot* / pathology
Diabetic Foot* / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Wound Healing

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.