Anti-infective effects of sugar-vaseline mixture on leg ulcers


https://doi.org/10.4081/vl.2017.6652
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017): International Compression Club (ICC) Meeting, 2016
Submitted: 17 February 2017
Accepted: 19 March 2017
Published: 10 May 2017
Ulcer, sugar, honey, anti-infective, debridment.
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Fifty patients affected of resistant leg ulcers where treated exclusively with a vaseline-glucose mixture in combination with an etiologic treatment. Neither additional topical, systemic anti-infective drugs nor surgical debridement were applied. The dressing turnover rate was 6-7 days. A first bacteriological sampling was followed by a second one (40 days mean), which showed 100% sterilized ulcers. A complete scaring was achieved in 46 (92%) on average of 109 days of apply. This efficient, low cost, painless and quick treatment could proposed as a first line option.

Claude Franceschi, Centre Marie Thérèse, Hopital Saint Joseph, Paris, France; Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo, Cremona
Consultant angiologist
Massimo Bricchi, Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo, Cremona
Surgeon
Roberto Delfrate, Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo, Cremona
Chief of Surgery Department
Franceschi, C., Bricchi, M., & Delfrate, R. (2017). Anti-infective effects of sugar-vaseline mixture on leg ulcers. Veins and Lymphatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/vl.2017.6652

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