Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: May | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 1-7
The Impact of Offloading Footwear in Prevention and Healing Of Viral Foot Ulcers (Verruca Plantaris)
Vibhakar Vachhrajani1, Kunjal Mendha2, Payal Khakhkhar2
1Diabetic Foot and Wound Management Surgeon, Shree Vijay Vachhrajani Memorial Diabetic Foot Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat-360001 India;
2Medical officer, Shree Vijay Vachhrajani Memorial Diabetic Foot Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat-360001 India;
Corresponding Author: Vibhakar Vachhrajani
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the healing time of ulcers in patients with chronic foot ulcers and determining its correlation with various factors such as addiction history, operation of foot and use of offloading footwear.
Methods: It was a prospective observational study conducted at Shree Vijay Vachhrajani memorial diabetic foot and wound management centre between 2016 to 2019. A total of 98 patients were included in the study. For each patient, clinical profile like age, gender, location of foot ulcer, site of ulcer, healing status, length of time the ulcer has been healed, amputation history, surgical history; family history; tobacco use; alcohol abuse and use of offloading footwear etc were studied.
Results: The average age was 55.4 and patients between 9 to 90 years of age. Out of total 98 patients, 54 were males (55.10%) and 44 were females (44.90%) and male preponderance was observed in comparison to females. Among ulcer healed patients, we observed negative correlation (correlation coefficient= - 0.10823) between addiction history of patients and length of healing time. positive correlation (correlation coefficient= 0.27787) was seen between operation of foot and healing time. A significant association (p<0.0166) was seen between offloading footwear use and healing of foot ulcers.
Conclusion: Offloading footwear was associated with shorter healing time when compared with patients who are not on any offloading footwear and positive correlation was noticed between operation of foot and healing time of ulcers.
Keywords: Verruca plantaris, operation of foot and offloading-footwear.
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