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Telemedicine follow-up enables more comprehensive diabetes foot ulcer care

Telemedicine Facilitates Diabetes Foot Ulcer Care

However, home-based telemedicine posed some technical and logistic challenges
Supervised exercise training in conjunction with compression may improve outcomes for patients with venous leg ulcers

Adding Exercise to Compression Therapy Promising for Leg Ulcers

Faster healing for venous leg ulcers, lower costs seen with exercise+compression than compression-only
For patients with chronic venous leg ulcers

Platelet-Rich Plasma Effective for Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

Highly significant improvement in ulcer size after PRP treatment compared with conventional therapy
Diabetic foot ulcers and diabetic foot infections are associated with increased risks of admission and outpatient visits

Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Infections Significantly Up Burden of Care

Increased odds of direct ER referral, inpatient admission for diabetic foot ulcers, infections
Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be beneficial for treatment of systemic sclerosis ulcers

Hyperbaric Oxygen Tx Beneficial for Systemic Sclerosis Ulcers

Four of six systemic sclerosis patients' ulcers healed completely after hyperbaric oxygen therapy
For patients with ulcerative colitis

Relapse Risk Up With Low Vitamin D Levels in Ulcerative Colitis

Remission vitamin D level of ≤35 ng/mL linked to increased risk of clinical relapse
For patients with venous leg ulcers

Improved Leg Ulcer Healing With Hair Follicle Punch Graft

Ulcer healing significantly increased in hair follicle-containing punch graft group versus nonhairy group
For patients with gastric adenoma or early gastric cancer

Standard and Double Dose Pantoprazole Equally Effective

Findings in patients with gastric adenoma or early gastric cancer undergoing endoscopic resection
The endothelin-1 blocker macitentan does not reduce the number of new digital ulcers over 16 weeks among patients with systemic sclerosis and active ischemic digital ulcers

Macitentan Doesn’t Reduce Number of New Digital Ulcers

Findings over 16 weeks among patients with systemic sclerosis and active ischemic digital ulcers
For patients with diabetes and chronic diabetic foot ulcers

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy No Benefit for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

HBOT does not reduce indications for amputation or facilitate wound healing