Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus: Systematic Review & Meta-analysis

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcers are among the most common complications of patients who have diabetes mellitus which is not well controlled. The standard practices in diabetic foot ulcers management include surgical debridement, dressings to facilitate a moist wound environment and exudate control, wound off-loading, vascular assessment, and infection and glycemic control. Among adjuvant methods that appear to accelerate wound healing, negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) seems to be particularly effective in diabetic foot ulcerations. NPWT involves the use of a device that is connected to the wound bed through a special set and generates a negative pressure.