Reflections on the effects of nitric oxide produced by a new dressing in the local management of diabetic foot ulcers | Zendy

Yolanda GarcíaÁlvarez | Zendy; José Luís LázaroMartínez | Zendy; Raúl J. MolinesBarroso | Zendy

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Reflections on the effects of nitric oxide produced by a new dressing in the local management of diabetic foot ulcers

Author(s) -

Yolanda GarcíaÁlvarez,

José Luís LázaroMartínez,

Raúl J. MolinesBarroso

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

annals of translational medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2305-5847

pISSN - 2305-5839

DOI - 10.21037/atm.2018.11.34

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , diabetic foot , amputation , life expectancy , incidence (geometry) , foot (prosody) , diabetic foot ulcer , surgery , nitric oxide , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , population , linguistics , philosophy , physics , environmental health , optics

A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) precedes 75–85% of amputations in people with diabetes (1). The estimated global prevalence of DFU is 6.3% (2), with a lifetime incidence between 19% and 34% in people with diabetes. Nonhealing ulcers increase the probability of infection and amputation, which severely decrease life expectancy and increase costs. The treatment of diabetic foot complications reportedly may exceed the treatment costs of many common cancers (3).

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