TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative Studies of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Evolution Under Treatment by Digital Stereotactic Photography
AU - Cabal Mirabal, Carlos Alberto
AU - Berlanga Acosta, Jorge
AU - Fernández Montequín, José
AU - Oramas Díaz, Leonardo
AU - González Dalmau, Evelio
AU - Herrera Martínez, Luis
AU - Sauri, José Esteban
AU - Baldomero Hernández, Julio
AU - Savigne Gutiérrez, Wiliam
AU - Valdés, Jorge Luis
AU - Tabio Reyes, Ana Ledia
AU - Pérez Pérez, Salome Carmen
AU - Valdés Pérez, Calixto
AU - Armstrong, Alexandria A.
AU - Armstrong, David G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Diabetes Technology Society.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Background: Imaging the lower extremity reproducibly and accurately remains an elusive goal. This is particularly true in the high risk diabetic foot, where tissue loss, edema, and color changes are often concomitant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of a novel and inexpensive stereotaxic frame in assessment of wound healing. Methods: The main idea is to keep constant and reproducible the relative position of extremities related to the sensor used for the examination during a serial studies by stereotaxic digital photographic sequence. Ten healthy volunteers were evaluated at 10 different time moments to estimate the foot position variations in the stereotaxic frame. The evolution of 40 of DFU patients under treatment was evaluated before and during the epidemical grow factor intralesional treatment. Results: The wound closing and granulation speeds, the relative contribution of the contraction and tissue restauration mechanism were evaluated by stereotaxic digital photography. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the stereotaxic frame is a robust platform for serial study of the evolution of wound healing which allow to obtain consistent information from a variety of visible and hyperspectral measurement technologies. New stereotaxic digital photography evidences related to the diabetic foot ulcer healing process under treatment has been presented.
AB - Background: Imaging the lower extremity reproducibly and accurately remains an elusive goal. This is particularly true in the high risk diabetic foot, where tissue loss, edema, and color changes are often concomitant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of a novel and inexpensive stereotaxic frame in assessment of wound healing. Methods: The main idea is to keep constant and reproducible the relative position of extremities related to the sensor used for the examination during a serial studies by stereotaxic digital photographic sequence. Ten healthy volunteers were evaluated at 10 different time moments to estimate the foot position variations in the stereotaxic frame. The evolution of 40 of DFU patients under treatment was evaluated before and during the epidemical grow factor intralesional treatment. Results: The wound closing and granulation speeds, the relative contribution of the contraction and tissue restauration mechanism were evaluated by stereotaxic digital photography. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the stereotaxic frame is a robust platform for serial study of the evolution of wound healing which allow to obtain consistent information from a variety of visible and hyperspectral measurement technologies. New stereotaxic digital photography evidences related to the diabetic foot ulcer healing process under treatment has been presented.
KW - diabetic foot ulcer
KW - imaging
KW - quantitative evolution
KW - serial studies
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U2 - 10.1177/1932296819853843
DO - 10.1177/1932296819853843
M3 - Article
C2 - 31195816
AN - SCOPUS:85067824386
SN - 1932-2968
VL - 13
SP - 821
EP - 826
JO - Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -