Transform diabetic foot ulcer
Courtesy of Kerry Lee BSc(Hons) MRCPod Podiatry Team Leader/Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist, Warrington, UK
The patient presented to A&E with worsening infection. She reported leg ulcers for 3 years with new ulceration to left heel which was very painful and bleeding.
At 4 weeks, many of the beads had come away from the wound during dressing changes but the wound was granulating and had significantly reduced in size.
At 5 weeks, the patient experienced increased bleeding and a haematoma was removed. Additional STIMULAN beads were loaded into the wound and oral antibiotics were discontinued.
The patient was assessed in clinic weekly and the dressing changed regularly. Further STIMULAN beads were added at 7 weeks, 9 weeks and 11 weeks.
At 14 weeks, the wound contained no STIMULAN and it’s size had reduced to 32mm x 15mm.
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