• 1. Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021, P.R.China;
  • 2. Guangxi Diabetic Foot Salvage Engineering Research Center, Nanning Guangxi, 530021, P.R.China;
  • 3. School of Basic Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021, P.R.China;
  • 4. Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedicine, Nanning Guangxi, 530021, P.R.China;
  • 5. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021, P.R.China;
CHEN Yan, Email: cy003@connect.hku.hk
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Objective To investigate the effectiveness of tibial transverse transport (TTT) combined with nose ring drain (NRD) in the treatment of severe diabetic foot ulcer.Methods The clinical data of 60 patients with severe diabetic foot (Wagner grade 3 or 4) ulcer who were admitted between April 2017 and August 2020 and met the selection criteria were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 30 cases were treated with TTT combined with NRD (TTT+NRD group), and 30 cases were treated with TTT (TTT group). There was no significant difference in gender, age, diabetes duration, preoperative glycated hemoglobin, comorbidities, wound area, and duration, side, and grade of diabetic foot (P>0.05). The wound healing time, wound healing rate, amputation rate, recurrence rate, duration of antibiotic therapy, hospital stay, number of hospitalizations, and number of operations were recoreded and compared between the two groups.Results No obvious surgical complications occurred in the two groups. Patients in both groups were followed up 3-13 months, with an average of 5.7 months. The duration of antibiotic therapy and hospital stay in the TTT+NRD group were significantly shorter than those in the TTT group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in wound healing time, wound healing rate, number of hospitalizations, and number of operations between the two groups (P>0.05). During follow-up, there was no recurrence of ulcer in the TTT+NRD group while 2 recurrent cases (6.7%) in the TTT group. The difference in recurrence rate was not significant (P=0.492). One case (3.3%) in the TTT+NRD group underwent amputation due to acute lower extremity vascular embolism, and 1 case (3.3%) in the TTT group underwent amputation due to secondary necrosis. The difference in amputation rate was not significant between the two groups (P=1.000).Conclusion TTT combined with NRD is an effective method for the treatment of severe diabetic foot ulcers with deep infections or relatively closed cavities or sinuses. It can shorten the time of antibiotic use and the length of hospitalization; and the NRD has a good drainage effect without obvious comorbidities, procedure and the postoperative care are simple and easy to obtain materials.

Citation: YU Jie, HUA Qikai, KUANG Xiaocong, LIU Jie, LIU Guangwei, LI Shanlang, NIE Xinyu, SU Hongjie, DING Yi, ZHONG Zhaowei, YANG Jiangtao, HE Liexun, CHEN Yan. Treatment of severe diabetic foot ulcer using tibia transverse transport combined with nose ring drain. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2021, 35(8): 984-988. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202103039 Copy

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