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Dec 22, 20201 min read

AA, 40/M, diabetic, with an infected venous stasis ulcer.

This wound started as an infected boil that became a venous stasis-type of ulcer once the infection was controlled. Besides ultrasound...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

AD, 68/M, diabetic, with a large, infected, non-healing foot ulcer.

This patient came to us with an infected wound wound on the sole of his foot of 6 months duration. The wound made it impossible for him...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

AG, 52/M, diabetic, with an infected wound due to an infected metal implant in his leg.

This patient was previously operated on due to an open fracture in his ankle. The fracture eventually healed but his implants became...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

ML, 63/F, diabetic, with a large, infected, non-healing ulcer on her proximal leg.

This wound started as a small blister on her leg that rapidly progressed into a large, infected wound. Wound debridement was done which...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

EN, 47/F, diabetic, with multiple, infected foot ulcers.

This wound started when the patient cut herself while walking barefoot on the beach. The wound rapidly progressed and spread to multiple...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

DPJ, 38/M, diabetic, s/p amputation of 1st and 2nd toes, with a non-healing, infected post-op wound.

The problems for this patient started when he developed a blister on his big toe due to ill-fitting shoes. The blister rapidly enlarged...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

AR, 65/F, diabetic, with multiple infected foot ulcers.

This wound started with an unnoticed abrasion near the base of the big toe. It rapidly deteriorated and spread to multiple sites on the...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

PS, 59/F, diabetic, with severely infected, multiple foot ulcers.

This patient has probably the most satisfying result of anybody we have treated at Hilom. When this patient came to us, she had already...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

PY, 55/F, with an infected sacral pressure ulcer.

This is a bed-ridden patient with an infected sacral pressure ulcer. Wounds like this are very hard to heal completely and for this...