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MiR-195-5p and miR-205-5p in extracellular vesicles isolated from diabetic foot ulcer wound fluid decrease angiogenesis by inhibiting VEGFA expression

open access: yesAging, 2021
Diabetic foot ulcers are recalcitrant to healing, and poor angiogenesis is considered as the main contributing factor. We aimed to explore the effect of extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from wound fluids on new vessel formation in diabetic foot ...
Jing Liu   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Relationship of Vitamin D Plasma Levels and Diabetic Foot Ulcer in Type 2 Diabetes [PDF]

open access: yesAin Shams Medical Journal
Background: Diabetic foot ulcer represents a crucial health issue. There are suggestions that vitamin D promotes healing in diabetic foot ulcers.Aim: We targeted to study the link of vitamin D levels with diabetic foot ulcer in type 2 diabetes patients ...
Magda Shukry   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between Diabetic Patients' Knowledge Regarding Diabetic Foot Ulcer care and their Wound Status [PDF]

open access: yesPort Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2017
Background: Diabetic foot ulcer represents a major global medical, social and economic problem. It is the commonest major end-point of diabetic complications.
Reham Serag
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Machine-Learning-Based Decision Support in Diabetes Care: A Risk Stratification Study on Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Amputation

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2021
Diabetes mellitus is associated with serious complications, with foot ulcers and amputation of limbs among the most debilitating consequences of late diagnosis and treatment of foot ulcers.
Z. Schäfer   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Tanzanian University Teaching Hospital Experience. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
\ud \ud Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) pose a therapeutic challenge to surgeons, especially in developing countries where health care resources are limited and the vast majority of patients present to health facilities late with advanced foot ulcers.
Kabangila Rodrick   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life among Spanish patients with diabetic foot ulcer according to Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale - Short Form

open access: yes, 2023
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the health-related quality of life of Spanish outpatients with diabetic foot ulcer using the Diabetic Foot Scale-Short Form (DFS-SF).
López-Moral, Mateo   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Diabetic foot ulcer classifications: A critical review

open access: yesDiabetes/Metabolism Research Reviews, 2020
Classification and scoring systems can help both clinical management and audit outcomes of routine care. The aim of this study was to assess published systems of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) to determine which should be recommended for a given clinical ...
Matilde Monteiro-Soares   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lightweight fibreglass heel casts in the management of ulcers of the heel in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2017
Background: Ulcers of the foot in people with diabetes mellitus are slow to heal and result in considerable cost and patient suffering. The prognosis is worst for ulcers of the heel.
William Jeffcoate   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyses of transcutaneous oxygen pressure values stratified for foot angiosomes to predict diabetic foot ulcer healing

open access: yes, 2023
Aims: Previous research suggested that diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) location could affect transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2) values following the angiosome concept.
Yolanda García-Álvarez   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Related to Severity of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Systematic Review

open access: yesDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity : Targets and Therapy, 2020
Background Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the diabetes complications. DFU can be the cause of a high rate of amputation, health-care costs and even death, and this condition occurs in the severity status of DFU.
Milad Jalilian   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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