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The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic.
The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic starting on May 17, 2018 to November 13, 2018. The investigators chose this date because that is the first time laser treatments were performed in the clinic. The investigators will collect the following data points:
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Improved healing rate to time to healing | Wounds assessed in this study will show significant improvement in wound characteristics after Erbium-YAG laser debridement(s). Improved healing rate to time to healing. | 4 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Decreased complications in diabetic foot ulcers, i.e. infection, hospital admission, amputation | Wounds assessed in this study will show significant improvement in wound characteristics after Erbium-YAG laser debridement(s). Decreased complications in diabetic foot ulcers, i.e. infection, hospital admission, amputation | 4 weeks |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients of the investigators with foot ulcers.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Lavery, DPM MPH | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24186882 | Background | Rice JB, Desai U, Cummings AK, Birnbaum HG, Skornicki M, Parsons NB. Burden of diabetic foot ulcers for medicare and private insurers. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(3):651-8. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2176. Epub 2013 Nov 1. | |
| 9256915 | Background | Teikemeier G, Goldberg DJ. Skin resurfacing with the erbium:YAG laser. Dermatol Surg. 1997 Aug;23(8):685-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00389.x. |
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| 2\. Sciton Inc. (n.d.). \[Brochure\]. Author. Retrieved November 8, 2018 | View source |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D017719 | Diabetic Foot |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003925 | Diabetic Angiopathies |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D016523 | Foot Ulcer |
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| 11370255 | Background | Mezzana P, Sonnino M, Madonna Terracina FS, Valeriani M. Treatment of atrophic scars with Er:YAG laser: our experience. Acta Chir Plast. 2001;43(1):26-8. |
| 11798495 | Background | Wollina U, Konrad H, Karamfilov T. Treatment of common warts and actinic keratoses by Er:YAG laser. J Cutan Laser Ther. 2001 Jun;3(2):63-6. doi: 10.1080/146288301753377852. |
| 25798694 | Background | Gurel MS, Aral BB. Effectiveness of erbium:YAG laser and cryosurgery in seborrheic keratoses: Randomized, prospective intraindividual comparison study. J Dermatolog Treat. 2015 Oct;26(5):477-80. doi: 10.3109/09546634.2015.1024597. Epub 2015 Mar 23. |
| 26580873 | Background | Alsaad SM, Ross EV, Smith WJ, DeRienzo DP. Analysis of Depth of Ablation,Thermal Damage, Wound Healing, and Wound Contraction With Erbium YAG Laser in a Yorkshire Pig Model. J Drugs Dermatol. 2015 Nov;14(11):1245-52. |
| 30342793 | Background | Madni TD, Lu KB, Imran JB, Clark AT, Hoopman JE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA. Chronic burn wound treatment by Erbium: YAG fractional ablation: First described report and literature review. Burns. 2019 Feb;45(1):256-258. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.10.001. Epub 2018 Oct 17. No abstract available. |
| 25946007 | Background | Phillips TJ, Morton LM, Uebelhoer NS, Dover JS. Ablative Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in the Treatment of Chronic, Posttraumatic, Lower-Extremity Ulcers in Elderly Patients. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Aug;151(8):868-71. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0645. |
| 26251161 | Background | Krakowski AC, Diaz L, Admani S, Uebelhoer NS, Shumaker PR. Healing of chronic wounds with adjunctive ablative fractional laser resurfacing in two pediatric patients. Lasers Surg Med. 2016 Feb;48(2):166-9. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22398. Epub 2015 Aug 7. |
| Wollina, Uwe. (2016). Erbium-YAG laser therapy - analysis of more than 1,200 treatments. Journal of Global Dermatology. 3. 10.15761/GOD.1000171 | View source |
| D007871 |
| Leg Ulcer |
| D012883 | Skin Ulcer |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D048909 | Diabetes Complications |
| D003920 | Diabetes Mellitus |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
| D003929 | Diabetic Neuropathies |