Non-healing amputation wound

Author: Lin You Cheng
Keywords: fast healing, quality of life, home care, collagen, alginate, never too old to heal
Key points:
- Patient: 76-year-old male, 2nd + 3rd toe amputations.
- Tissue oxygenation plays a key role in healing.
- Non-healing post-amputation wound of 2nd and 3rd toe open for 6 months.
- Open 24 weeks, healed in 8 weeks.
- Previous dressings included alginate and collagen and the patient had a complex medical history.
- The patient found it easy to live with the NATROX® O₂ device while at home. Later they were able to configure a prosthetic leg.
- Back page: How to enhance clinical outcomes, patient benefits of using NATROX® O₂.