Electrotherapy reverses inframalleolar ischemia: a retrospective, observational study.
Electrotherapy reverses inframalleolar ischemia: a retrospective, observational study.
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DOI:
10.1097/00129334-200303000-00009
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Golden, Michael
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作者:
Goldman, Robert;Brewley, Barbara;Golden, Michael
OBJECTIVE: To determine if high-voltage pulsed current (HVPC) augments ischemic wound healing and increases periwound perfusion.DESIGN: A 5-year, retrospective, observational study was conducted on successive patients with ischemic wounds who were poor candidates for revascularization.INTERVENTION: HVPC was applied directly to wounds at greater than 100 volts, 100 pulses per second, 1 hour per day. In addition to HVPC, patients received standard care for ischemic wounds at the study facility. Ischemic wounds for which HVPC was not clinically indicated or not available received standard care alone.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Wound area measured by planimetry, wound appearance observed by digital imaging techniques, and microcirculation monitored by transcutaneous oxygen (TcPo(2)) levels.RESULTS: The group that received HVPC plus standard care showed smaller wound areas from weeks 20 though 52 after the start of treatment compared with the group that received standard care alone (P