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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

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

Víctor Manuel Loza-González, Mario Aurelio Martínez-Jiménez, Ana Lorena Novoa-Moreno, José Luis Ramírez-GarcíaLuna, Alejandra Ortiz-Dosal, Eleazar Samuel Kolosovas-Machuca

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Víctor Manuel Loza-GonzálezDoctorado Institucional en Ingeniería y Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Mario Aurelio Martínez-JiménezBurn Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Ana Lorena Novoa-MorenoBurn Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
José Luis Ramírez-GarcíaLunaDivision of Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Alejandra Ortiz-DosalFaculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Eleazar Samuel Kolosovas-MachucaFaculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

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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 ± 0.6, with a change to ΔT 0.8°C ± 0.4 at 12 weeks near the metatarsal bone region. This article underscores the use of infrared thermography to give physicians feedback on ulcer healing progression phases and treatment effectiveness.

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diabetes mellitusdiabetic footinfrared thermographypolylactic acid membraneulcer healing

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