"Toothbrush" the Feet: A Periodic Mechanical Stimulus for Healing of a Severe Chronic Leg Ulcer. (September 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Toothbrush" the Feet: A Periodic Mechanical Stimulus for Healing of a Severe Chronic Leg Ulcer. (September 2015)
- Main Title:
- "Toothbrush" the Feet
- Authors:
- Vounotrypidis, Periklis
Pappas, Periklis
Vrangalas, Vasilios
Pehlivanidis, Anthimos - Other Names:
- Rerkasem Kittipan guest-editor.
- Abstract:
- Chronic wounds develop when the sequence of healing events are disrupted, usually in patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus, venous insufficiency, peripheral artery disease, and neuropathies and they affect most often the lower extremities. We present a 68-year-old woman with plantar ulceration, lasting for approximately 18 months, resistant to healing with conventional therapy and various modalities we used. The patient had a long history of seronegative enteropathic arthritis, Crohn's disease, secondary fibrillar amyloidosis, multiplex neuropathy, and small vessel vasculitis, the latter being the trigger event for the ulceration of her right foot. Before the decision for a final surgical intervention, we implemented a mechanical periodic stimulus using a soft toothbrush, which resulted in the gradual and complete healing of the ulcer within a period of 6 weeks. Patient's history and previous treatments are presented along with the procedures that led to the healing of the chronic wound. This report supports the idea that periodic mechanical stimulus is of great importance for the healing process and this could be the mechanism of action of some other methods that have been described in the medical literature.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of lower extremity wounds. Volume 14:Number 3(2015:Sep.)
- Journal:
- International journal of lower extremity wounds
- Issue:
- Volume 14:Number 3(2015:Sep.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 14, Issue 3 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0014-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 291
- Page End:
- 294
- Publication Date:
- 2015-09
- Subjects:
- amyloidosis -- arthritis -- chronic leg ulcers -- Crohn's disease -- vasculitis
Leg -- Wounds and injuries -- Periodicals
Wounds and injuries -- Prevention -- Periodicals
Leg -- Ulcers -- Periodicals
Wound healing -- Periodicals
617.584 - Journal URLs:
- http://ijl.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://online.sagepub.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1534734615578058 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1534-7346
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- Legaldeposit
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