Leg Ulcer Therapy by Local Injection of Autologous Growth Factors: Results of a Pilot Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00064173:_____/22:43923669 RIV/00216208:11120/22:43923669

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-022-00753-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13555-022-00753-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Leg Ulcer Therapy by Local Injection of Autologous Growth Factors: Results of a Pilot Study

Original language description

INTRODUCTION: Population ageing has led to an increase in the prevalence of many chronic diseases that occur in elderly patients including chronic wounds of various aetiologies, especially leg ulcers. The treatment of these wounds is lengthy and associated with health, economic and social problems. The aim of our study was to compare the outcomes of local injections of autologous growth factors with standard dressings for leg ulcer treatment. METHODS: The study included 25 patients with leg ulcers treated with autologous growth factors, and 15 patients treated with standard wet dressings only. The area and depth of ulcers were measured on days 0, 5, 28, 84 and 168, and statistically processed using the chi-square test, the Fischer exact test, the Wilcoxon two-sample test, the non-parametric paired Wilcoxon test and the Friedman analysis of variance (ANOVA) test at a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: Area and depth did not significantly differ between the two groups before initiation of the treatment (p = 0.472 and p = 0.242, respectively). During the study period, the average leg ulcer area decreased in both the study and control groups by 72% and 40%, respectively. The paired Wilcoxon test showed that this decrease was significant in the study group (p &lt; 0.001), but not in the control group (p = 0.075). CONCLUSION: Leg ulcers heal better when treated with autologous growth factor injections than when treated with standard dressings alone. A further study with a larger number of patients is needed to confirm the presented results. However, this method seems to be a promising way to treat ulcers of the lower extremities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30211 - Orthopaedics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Dermatology and Therapy

ISSN

2193-8210

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1615-1622

UT code for WoS article

000814969200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85132733808