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Published on: October 10, 2017
Novel use of insulin in continuous-instillation negative pressure wound therapy as "wound chemotherapy"
Christy L Scimeca1, Manish Bharara, Timothy K Fisher
1Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA.
Abstract:
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is frequently employed in the treatment of complex wounds. A variety of wound chemotherapeutic agents such as insulin, which acts as a growth factor, may prove helpful in treatment as well. We present a case report in which insulin was used as a chemotherapeutic agent in continuous-instillation NPWT. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature describing this method of delivery.
