A Study of description and comparison of wounds in topical insulin and normal saline dressing in healing of diabetic foot ulcers

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcer is one of the commonest sequelae following trauma or infection in patients with diabetes
mellitus, mainly involving the distal ends of limbs where the vascularity is relatively decreased due to effects of
diabetes. Despite insulin treatment and a meticulously-controlled diet, approximately 15% of all patients with
diabetes will, at some time, have non-healing wounds and this is the leading cause of lower extremity
amputation. The present study aims to compare the outcome of insulin dressing over normal saline dressing in
diabetic foot ulcer.