Diabetic Foot Ulcer photos — real treatment cases

This ulcer is on the sole of a patient who had lived with diabetes for about twenty years. Blood sugar had not been well controlled for years and severe neuropathy had set in, so the patient could not feel how deep the wound went. On arrival, the wound had tunnelled under the callus on the sole, was severely infected and smelled bad. In the first session we found a foreign body inside the wound: a lentil. Because the foot was numb, the patient had never noticed it. We removed it and cleared the dead tissue (debridement). In the following sessions we used advanced dressings, ozone therapy and cold plasma. Treatment is ongoing. The images on this page follow it up to the sixth session.

This patient came to the clinic with a three-month-old diabetic foot ulcer and an accompanying infection. At the first session we removed the non-viable tissue and prepared the wound bed for healing to continue. At the second and third sessions the wound was treated with combined laser, plasma and advanced dressing therapy. From there we followed the wound session by session, checking its condition, any signs of infection, and the formation of new tissue. The images in this gallery show the stages of treatment and how the wound's appearance changed across that follow-up. Treatment ended at the seventh session. The last two images in this gallery are from that session, with the big-toe wound closed.

Treatment of Severe Diabetic Toe Necrosis involves immediate infection control, restoring blood flow, and surgical removal of dead tissue (debridement). Advanced wound care techniques are then applied to stimulate new tissue growth and prevent amputation.