33053
document
Effects of vacuum-compression therapy on healing of diabetic foot ulcers : randomized controlled trial . A single-blind , randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate vacuum-compression therapy ( VCT ) for the healing of diabetic foot ulcers . Eighteen diabetic patients with foot ulcers were recruited through simple nonprobability sampling . Subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control group . Before and after intervention , the foot ulcer surface area was estimated stereologically , based on Cavalieri 's principle . The experimental group was treated with VCT in addition to conventional therapy for 10 sessions . The control group received only conventional therapy , including debridement , blood glucose control agents , systemic antibiotics , wound cleaning with normal saline , offloading ( pressure relief ) , and daily wound dressings . The mean foot ulcer surface area decreased from 46.88 +/- 9.28 mm ( 2 ) to 35.09 +/- 4.09 mm ( 2 ) in the experimental group ( p = 0.006 ) and from 46.62 +/- 10.03 mm ( 2 ) to 42.89 +/- 8.1 mm ( 2 ) in the control group ( p = 0.01 ) . After treatment , the experimental group significantly improved in measures of foot ulcer surface area compared with the control group ( p = 0.024 ) . VCT enhances diabetic foot ulcer healing when combined with appropriate wound care .
33054
Intervention_Physical
vacuum-compression therapy
33055
Intervention_Physical
vacuum-compression therapy ( VCT )
33056
Intervention_Control
control
33057
Intervention_Physical
VCT in addition to conventional therapy
33058
Intervention_Pharmacological
conventional therapy , including debridement , blood glucose control agents , systemic antibiotics , wound cleaning with normal saline
33059
Intervention_Control
,
33060
Intervention_Physical
offloading ( pressure relief )
33061
Intervention_Control
, and
33062
Intervention_Other
daily wound dressings
33063
Intervention_Physical
VCT
33064
Outcome_Other
vacuum-compression therapy
33065
Outcome_Physical
diabetic foot ulcers
33066
Outcome_Other
vacuum-compression therapy ( VCT )
33067
Outcome_Physical
diabetic foot ulcers
33068
Outcome_Physical
foot ulcers
33069
Outcome_Physical
foot ulcer surface area
33070
Outcome_Other
VCT
33071
Outcome_Other
conventional therapy
33072
Outcome_Other
conventional therapy
33073
Outcome_Other
debridement , blood glucose control agents
33074
Outcome_Other
systemic antibiotics
33075
Outcome_Other
wound cleaning with normal saline
33076
Outcome_Other
offloading
33077
Outcome_Other
daily wound dressings
33078
Outcome_Physical
foot ulcer surface area
33079
Outcome_Physical
measures of foot ulcer surface area
33080
Outcome_Other
VCT
33081
Outcome_Physical
diabetic foot ulcer healing
33082
Participant_Condition
diabetic foot ulcers
33083
Participant_Condition
diabetic foot ulcers
33084
Participant_Sample-size
Eighteen
33085
Participant_Condition
diabetic
33086
Participant_Condition
foot ulcers