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Maggot debridement therapy(MDT)and conventional therapy were applied to diabetic foot ulcers(DFUs)with Wagner 2-4 respectively. The results showed that the prognosis was better in MDT group than in conventional therapy group. The reduction of circumference, square and volume of DFUs, healing rate of DFUs, decrease in number of bacterial species, and cost of antibiotics were all improved in the former group. The results suggest that MDT offers a fresh and effective method in the treatment of DFUs.
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Objective:To study the distributing characteristics of digestive malignancy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods:We reviewed the complete data of 201 dead patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from 2000 to 2005,sifted those complicated by cancer and those by digestive malignancy,and then analyzed the distributing characteristics and morbidity of the tumor.Results:The patients(126 males and 75 females) died at the average age of(73.53?9.03) years.Of the total number,57 cases(44 males and 13 females) were complicated by cancer and 25(22 males and 3 females) by digestive malignancy,the latter constituting the largest proportion of the diabetic patients(12.44%),followed by malignancy of the blood system,the lung and the urinary system.The pancreas was involved in 4.48% of the cases,while the stomach,esophagus,gallbladder and other digestive organs in only 0.498% of them.Of all the patients,those complicated by pancreatic cancer ran a shortest disease course of about 3 years,while those with the colon involved a longest course of about 11 years.Conclusion:Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are liable to cancer,particularly to digestive malignancy,and males are more susceptible than females.The cancerous characteristics,including morbidity and disease course,vary in different digestive organs.