The role of cord blood platelet gel in the management of a diabetic foot with tendon exposure

Author:

Massara Mafalda1ORCID,Pucci Giulia2,Stilo Giuseppe1,Alberti Antonino1,Surace Rosangela2,Foti Giovanni2,Volpe Pietro1

Affiliation:

1. Unit of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, 89124, Italy

2. Calabria Cord Blood Bank, Service of Immunohaematology & Transfusion Medicine, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, 89214, Italy

Abstract

Diabetic foot infection is frequent in diabetic patients and is due to neuropathy, trauma or peripheral arterial disease. The presence of an abscess requires urgent drainage and specific antibiotic therapy. Patients with critical limb ischemia need revascularization and, subsequently the intervention of a plastic surgeon is often required in cases of exposure of tendons and ligaments. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a patient was refered to our department with an abscess on the dorsum of the left foot. After urgent drainage with tendon exposure, he started specific antibiotic therapy and underwent tibial vessels angioplasty. After infection healing cord blood platelet gel was applied, accelerating the healing process, with injection of its liquid part into the exposed tendons, thus retaining the vital functions of the tendons.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Embryology,Biomedical Engineering

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1. Mini-Review: Tendon-Exposed Wound Treatments;Journal of Investigative Surgery;2023-10-09

2. Allogeneic platelet gel therapy for refractory abdominal wound healing: A preliminary study;Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine;2023-02-08

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