A simple mathematical model for wound closure evaluation

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 neur opathic (3 patients).

Source: Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists - July 28, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: Alejandra Vidal Villa, Hugo Mendieta Zer ón, Israel Giacaman, María del Socorro Camarillo Romero, Sandra Parra López, Laura E. Meza Trillo, David A. Pérez Pérez, Miguel Concha, César Torres-Gallegos, Sandra L. Orellana, Felipe Oyarzún-Ampuero, Igna Source Type: research