Shehryar Noor, Kaleem Ullah, Zakaullah Jan, Azam Shoaib.
Comparison of Conventional Pyodine Dressing with Hydrocolloid (Duoderm) in Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Wound Healing..
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(4):931-4.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of conventional pyodine dressing with duoderm dressing in diabetic foot ulcers in terms of wound healing. Methodology: This comparative study was conducted in the department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from January 2015 to December, 2015. Total of 179 diabetic foot ulcer patients were divided into two groups, group A having 90 patients and group B having 89 patients. The efficacy of conventional pyodine dressing (Group A) was compared with Duoderm dressing (Group B) in diabetic foot ulcer patients in terms of wound healing. Results: Among 179 patients with diabetic foot ulcer, healing rate was 74.44% in Group A (pyodine dressing) and in 80.89 % Group B (duoderm dressing) patients. Conclusion: In our population the efficacy of duoderm dressing in diabetic foot ulcer is high in terms of wound healing as compared to conventional pyodine dressing.

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