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Case Study
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The use of bilayered cell therapy* on acutley infected wounds James De Meo, DPM The bi-layered cell therapy* contains multiple growth factors that are expressed in normal human skin, and it also provides cytokones and a protein matrix. A 54-year-old woman with IDDM & PVD with a deep plantar abscess was I&D. In the same session 2 units were applied to the wound. The patient was discharged from the hospital in 23 hours. Her post-op course was uneventful. A 64-year-old man with IDDM & PVD underwent amputaion secondary to wet gangrene of his hallux. In the same session 3 units were applied. He was discharged from the hospital in 23 hours. His post-op course was uneventful. A 54-year-old woman with IDDM with an infected ulcer and Osteomyelitis of the first metatrsal. She underwent I&D & debridement of infected bone. In the same session 4 units were applied. She was discharged the same day from the hospital. Her post-op course was uneventful. These resukts suggest that the bi-layered cell therapy can effectively heal grossly infected wounds *Apligraf, Organogenesis, Canton, MA |
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