A Randomized Trial Comparing Weekly With Every Second Week Sharp Debridement in People With Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers Shows Similar Healing Outcomes: Potential Benefit to Resource Utilization

What is it about?

Foot ulcer care in people with diabetes requires that 'wound debridement' occur as part of the multidisciplinary ulcer care. Debridement involves removal of non-vital, contaminated material from the ulcer and its surrounds. While wound debridement is clearly important no study has specifically examined the frequency of wound debridement. This randomised trial of the Diabetes Debridement Study, has indicated that weekly debridement and debridement every second week each give not dissimilar results, with good ulcer healing rates. This information is highly relevant to evidence-based care of foot ulcers in diabetes and to optimal resource allocation of podiatric clinicians in particular in diabetes foot ulcer care.

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