Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Using Matriderm In Comparison with a Skin Graft
A 69-year-old male with type 2 diabetes controlled by oral hypoglycemic agents for 11 years suffered from an unhealed diabetic foot ulcer on the tibial side of the right great toe. Debridement was performed primarily, followed by application of Matriderm and a split-thickness skin graft. The patient stayed at the hospital for six weeks and wound epithelialization lasted eight weeks; the elasticity ratio was 0.81 ().