Calcium alginate (C12H14CaO12)nvalue in the cicatrisation of diabetic foot lesions

Abstract

The present article explores the usage of calcium alginate in the actual management of diabetic mellitus foot ulcers. A retrospective study was performed on 305 cases of patients with diabetic mellitus foot diagnostic, admitted to Surgery Clinic II of "Sf. Ap. Andrei" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Galati, in the period between 1stOctober 2015 and 31stOctober 2019, for which calcium alginate dressings had been used. Calcium alginate (C12H14CaO12)ndressings had been applied to all patients from the series (n=305), with favorable evolution in 97.7 % cases, the dressing being replaced at 48 hours and the average duration for injury's healing oscillating from 21 up to 50 days.