Efficacy of topical phenytoin in healing diabetic foot ulcer

Authors

  • Anand Vardhan Department of Pharmacology, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair, India
  • Pooja Garg Department of Pathology, Andaman and Nicobar islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair
  • Vijay Kumar Sehgal Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India
  • C. Dinesh Naidu Department of Pharmacology, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair, India
  • Mangesh Bankar Department of Pharmacology, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair, India
  • Sushil Mittal Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20164139

Keywords:

Diabetic foot, Standard and conventional normal saline dressing, Topical phenytoin

Abstract

Background: India is fast becoming world diabetes capital. Complications are a cause of hospitalization in patients with diabetes mellitus especially foot complications. Gauze moistened with saline has been the standard method.

Methods: The study was done from June 2015 to June 2016. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of topical phenytoin compared to standard and conventional methods of wound care in improving the healing process. In this randomised control trial, the data from 70 patients with diabetic ulcers was collected, 35 patients underwent topical phenytoin dressing while remaining 35 underwent conventional wound care. Histopathological and Clinical examination were done and the following parameters were calculated: Granulation tissue formation in 2 weeks and Mean duration of hospital stay.

Results: In this study, Mean hospital stay in days was 33.4 in Phenytoin treated group and in other group with use conventional materials, the mean hospital stay in days was 39.7 days. Granulation tissue formation was faster as compared to conventional materials of Dressings.

Conclusions: In this study we conclude Topical phenytoin helps in faster healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and it also reduces the mean hospital stay of the patients.

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2016-12-21

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Vardhan, A., Garg, P., Sehgal, V. K., Naidu, C. D., Bankar, M., & Mittal, S. (2016). Efficacy of topical phenytoin in healing diabetic foot ulcer. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 5(6), 2645–2648. https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20164139

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