The non-healing diabetic foot wound: fact or fiction?
Cavanagh, P.R.; Ulbrecht, J.S.; Caputo, G.M.
Ostomy/Wound Management 44(3a Suppl): 6s
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0889-5899 PMID: 9625994 Document Number: 485140
Wounds on the feet of diabetic patients are often labeled as "non-healing." This article discusses the basis for and the dangers of such a classification. The evidence suggests that if the foot has an adequate vascular supply and no significant infection, a plantar wound that does not heal is the result of poor treatment and/or poor compliance. Wounds that do not heal despite optimal treatment and compliance are extremely rare and need to be referred to the appropriate specialist for care.