Diabetic foot ulcer healing with polylactic acid membrane assessed by thermographic imaging: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Diabetic foot ulcers reduce patient's quality of life and increase treatment costs, evaluating this condition is promising. We report the clinical progression of an elderly patient who developed a diabetic foot ulcer following minor trauma. She was treated for over 2 months until her condition progressed to Grade 4 on the Wagner Classification of Diabetic Foot. A Serial infrared thermography was performed. The treatment plan included antibiotics and a polylactic acid membrane until complete ulcer remission. Thermographic imaging showed a quantitative reduction of the temperature differences between the affected and contralateral foot from an initial ΔT: -4.6°C ± 2.4, progressing to ΔT: -1.7°C ± 1.6 at 12 weeks, and a temperature reduction from the proximal third tibial area with ΔT: -1.7°C

SUBMITTER: Loza-Gonzalez VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12283997 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature