hyCURE® - Medical Hydrolysate of Type I Collagen
CASE STUDY: A.Z., 77 year old white female. Did not know she was diabetic. Admitted 1/29/97 with gangrenous right great toe and purple discoloration of entire foot except for 4 remaining toes.
1/29/97, 1/30/97, 1/31/97 Underwent debridement. Had amputation of first great toe on 2/3/97, with debridement of forefoot; wound almost 50% of length of foot, with 3 tendons of toes exposed on dorsal surface.
2/5/97 Started Mesalt to wound.
2/6/97 Went to extended care facility.
2/7/97 Area over tendon measured 7.5 cm long x 3.6 cm wide.
2/11/97 Mesalt stopped and hyCURE® started to wound at dorsum of foot. Mesalt used on plantar surface to continue debridement of thick yellow eschar.
2/12/97 Increased granulation tissue noted on dorsum wound bed.
2/17/97 Saw improvement with tissue covering tendons.
2/21/97 Grafting performed over tendons and closure of plantar area of foot.
"hyCURE® worked to promote the deposition of tissue over tendons to allow the physician to graft the site."
Edna Keister, BBA, RN, CETN, OCN