Role of Phenytoin in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Of the complications of diabetes mellitus, foot ulcers are the most dreaded complications, as they can progress at an alarming rate and can be very difficult to treat. Various modalities have been described in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. One such modality of phenytoin therapy uses the dis...

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Autores principales: Bharathi Mohan, Padmalakshmi, Chapa, Uday Kumar, Chittoria, Ravi Kumar, Chavan, Vinayak, Aggarwal, Abhinav, Gupta, Saurabh, Reddy, Chirra Likhitha, Pathan, Imran, Koliyath, Shijina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33208999
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_48_19
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author Bharathi Mohan, Padmalakshmi
Chapa, Uday Kumar
Chittoria, Ravi Kumar
Chavan, Vinayak
Aggarwal, Abhinav
Gupta, Saurabh
Reddy, Chirra Likhitha
Pathan, Imran
Koliyath, Shijina
author_facet Bharathi Mohan, Padmalakshmi
Chapa, Uday Kumar
Chittoria, Ravi Kumar
Chavan, Vinayak
Aggarwal, Abhinav
Gupta, Saurabh
Reddy, Chirra Likhitha
Pathan, Imran
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description Of the complications of diabetes mellitus, foot ulcers are the most dreaded complications, as they can progress at an alarming rate and can be very difficult to treat. Various modalities have been described in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. One such modality of phenytoin therapy uses the disadvantage of the drug, that is, gingival hyperplasia to the advantage of wound healing. We hereby report a case of diabetic foot ulcer managed with injection phenytoin sprayed topically over the wound.
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spelling pubmed-76464292020-11-17 Role of Phenytoin in Diabetic Foot Ulcers Bharathi Mohan, Padmalakshmi Chapa, Uday Kumar Chittoria, Ravi Kumar Chavan, Vinayak Aggarwal, Abhinav Gupta, Saurabh Reddy, Chirra Likhitha Pathan, Imran Koliyath, Shijina J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report Of the complications of diabetes mellitus, foot ulcers are the most dreaded complications, as they can progress at an alarming rate and can be very difficult to treat. Various modalities have been described in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. One such modality of phenytoin therapy uses the disadvantage of the drug, that is, gingival hyperplasia to the advantage of wound healing. We hereby report a case of diabetic foot ulcer managed with injection phenytoin sprayed topically over the wound. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7646429/ /pubmed/33208999 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_48_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chapa, Uday Kumar
Chittoria, Ravi Kumar
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Aggarwal, Abhinav
Gupta, Saurabh
Reddy, Chirra Likhitha
Pathan, Imran
Koliyath, Shijina
Role of Phenytoin in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33208999
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_48_19
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