PURPOSE To evaluate the role of argon laser as an adjunctive therapy in ten patients with resistant infected corneal ulcers with or without hypopyon. METHODS The study included 20 patients, split into two groups of ten, with resistant infected corneal ulcers with or without hypopyon. One group was considered as the control group and treated with local and systemic specific antimicrobial drugs...

In an 8 month period we have studied 100 consecutive patients with diabetic ulcers. The sex distribution was even. Eighty-three percent had non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Sixty-nine percent of the ulcers were gangrenous as opposed to neuropathic and over half the ulcers involved the big toes. Osteomyclitis was seen in 44% of the patients. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli wer...

The etiologies of venous leg ulcers have been well known for millennia, and yet there remains no simple solution to this very common problem. Achieving closure of venous leg ulcers is often a lengthy process that is further complicated by the presence of significant comorbidities. The authors present data on healing venous leg ulcers in a cohort of 231 patients, most of whom had 1 or more compl...

OBJECTIVE A systematic review of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to assess the additional value of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in promoting the healing of diabetic foot ulcers and preventing amputations was performed. METHODS MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched to identify RCTs in patients with diabetic foot ulcers published up to August 2013. Eligible studies repor...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES It is widely recognized that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients have a greater likelihood of developing pressure ulcers in comparison to hospital or home care patients. Accordingly, this study aimed to evaluate whether specific clinical characteristics could be used as clinical indicators towards pressure ulcers prevention. METHOD We monitored 210 hospitalized ICU patients...

Foot care is an action that aims to prevent diabetic ulcers including washing and drying the feet, checking condition of feet every day, taking nails, being careful when exercising, protecting with shoes socks (Ariyanti, 2012). This carried out on elderly who suffer from Diabetes Mellitus have potential experience health problems. The purpose this activity carry early detection occurrence Diabe...