title: Case study in treatment of diabetic foot ulcer with alimentary gelatin.
abstract: The patient with diabetic foot ulceration is undoubtedly one of the major challenges faced by nurses and physicians working in the field of wound treatment. About 15% of diabetic patients experience foot ulceration in the course of their disease. This article reports the adoption of an unconventional treatment, based on gelatin, in a case of a stagnant diabetic foot ulcer, resulting in the successful healing of the wound and the limb being saved. Gelatin is fundamentally denatured collagen; its presence is paramount in the natural healing process, and this may be one of the reasons that the treatment obtained a good result. The fact that the gelatin used is of animal origin does not appear to compromise the outcome of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Social Center of Sao Felix da Marinha, Oporto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Nuno Manuel
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Teles Pinto
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D005780:Gelatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005780:Gelatin