A Simple Mathematical Model for Wound Closure Evaluation

Publication date: December 2015Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 7, Issues 1–3Author(s): Alejandra Vidal, 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 Oyarzun-Ampuero, Ignacio Moreno-VillosladaAbstractThe 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: General Medicine Source Type: research