Brandão MGSA, Ximenes MAM, de Sousa DF, Veras VS, Barros LM, Rabeh SAN, Costa IG, de Araújo TM. Photodynamic therapy for infected foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.
SAO PAULO MED J 2023;
141:e2022476. [PMID:
37194764 PMCID:
PMC10181837 DOI:
10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0476.27022023]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Ulceration of the feet in patients with diabetes is a frequent complication that increases morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, treatment costs, and non-traumatic amputations.
OBJECTIVE
To present a systematic review of the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and infected foot ulcers using photodynamic therapy.
DESIGN AND SETTING
A systematic review was performed in the postgraduate program in nursing at the Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Ceará, Brazil.
METHODS
PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and LILACS databases were screened. The methodological quality, risk of bias, and quality of evidence of each study were assessed. Review Manager was used for the meta-analysis.
RESULTS
Four studies were included. They highlighted significantly better outcomes in patient groups treated with photodynamic therapy than those in the control groups that were treated with topical collagenase and chloramphenicol (P = 0.036), absorbent (P < 0.001), or dry covers (P = 0.002). Significant improvements were noted in terms of the microbial load in the ulcers and tissue repair, with a reported reduction in the need for amputation by up to 35 times. Photodynamic therapy resulted in significantly better outcomes between the experimental and control groups (P = 0.04).
CONCLUSION
Photodynamic therapy is significantly more effective in treating infected foot ulcers than standard therapies.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION
International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) - CRD42020214187, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=214187.
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