A simple mathematical model for wound closure evaluation

Publication date: Available online 29 July 2016 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists Author(s): Alejandra Vidal Villa, Hugo Mendieta Zerón, 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, Ignacio Moreno-Villoslada 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 neuropathic (3 patients). A new parameter is introduced, the "continuous linear healing rate" Dc that was more accurate with higher values and requires less quantifications than usual formulas to make a wound healing projection. Graphical abstract
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research