Treatment of Foot and Leg Ulcers Using a Laser
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Improved healing rate to time to healing
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic.
详细描述
The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic starting on May 17, 2018 to November 13, 2018. The investigators chose this date because that is the first time laser treatments were performed in the clinic. The investigators will collect the following data points:
- Ulcer etiology
- Ulcer location
- Prior ulcer treatment type and duration, and wound measurements/characteristics
- Wound size 4-6 weeks prior to laser treatment; at treatment time; and then each follow up measurement healed or x weeks
- eGFR
- Albumin
- Last A1c-Presence/absence of DM
- Amputation history
- Vascular status via ABI's
- Identify comorbidities
- Identify associated encounters in the patients such as complications (i.e. infection), related readmissions The investigators will identify this information from patient charts (EPIC EMR).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic starting on May 17, 2018 to November 13, 2018
排除标准
- •not meeting inclusion criteria
结局指标
主要结局
Improved healing rate to time to healing
时间窗: 4 weeks
Wounds assessed in this study will show significant improvement in wound characteristics after Erbium-YAG laser debridement(s). Improved healing rate to time to healing.
次要结局
- Decreased complications in diabetic foot ulcers, i.e. infection, hospital admission, amputation(4 weeks)
研究者
Larry Lavery
Professor and Director of Research
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center