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11 May 2022: Articles

Role of the Healico Wound Care Smartphone Application in Preventing a Foot Amputation in a 65-Year-Old Patient with Diabetes

Management of emergency care

Almudena Cecilia Matilla B , Alejandra Cobo Mena B , Adriana Arpa Giménez F , Julia Fernández Morata D*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936359

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936359

Figure 2. Clinical case of a 65-year-old patient with diabetes. (A) Baseline photograph of the patient’s diabetic foot ulcer with signs of infections (day 1). (B) Image of the patient’s ulcer when cured with ammonium polyacrylate polyabsorbent fibers and technology of lipid-colloidal and silver salts in the health center (day 4). (C) Photograph of the patient’s ulcer after being cured in the hospital (day 8). (D) Evolution of the patient’s ulcer (day 12). (E) Image of the ulcer before surgery (day 16). (F) Photograph of the arthroplasty surgery of the toe with tenotomy (day 18). (G) Image of the ulcer after the surgery (day 21). (H) Image of the healed ulcer (day 43).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923