Wounds Difficult to Heal: An Effective Treatment Strategy

Title:Wounds Difficult to Heal: An Effective Treatment Strategy

Volume: 15 Issue: 6

Author(s): Raffaele Capoano, Rita Businaro*, Maria Chiara Tesori, Claudia Donello, Federica Lombardo, Vincenza Rita Lo Vasco, Lorena Capriotti, Mariangela Corsi, Tania Di Raimo, Martina Leopizzi, Bruno Salvati and Serafino Ricci

Affiliation:

• Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Rome,Italy

Keywords: Wound healing, leuco-platelet concentrate, hyaluronic acid, morphometry, neoangiogenesis, leukocytes.

Abstract: Objective: Treatment of wounds difficult to heal concerns 50% of the elderly population in Italy and is therefore a relevant social burden. The present study shows how the treatment with autologous leuco-platelets reduces the healing time of wounds improving the functional recovery.

Patients and Methods: Patients (n=100) with ulcers of the legs were divided in two groups: 1) 50 patients treated with conventional therapies; 2) 50 patients treated with autologous leuco-platelet concentrate (LPC) and hyaluronic acid (HIAFF, Hyalofill-F® ) as a scaffold.

Results: After 2 months, a 49% reduction in wound area was observed in the second group and in about 65% wound reduction was achieved in 15 days (4 LPC dressings). In contrast, patients treated by conventional therapies, showed a longer healing time and a greater percentage of failures. Morphometric analysis of biopsy samples obtained from the edge as well as from the bottom of the lesions obtained from the LPC group, detected an abundant presence of neoformed capillaries, characterized by a cubic, "reactive endothelium", close to the site of LPC infiltration.

Conclusion: These results suggest that healing was promoted not only by limiting bacterial infections but also by the release of chemotactic and proangiogenic factors from leukocytes and platelets, improving the neoformation of capillaries.

Cite this article as:

Capoano Raffaele, Businaro Rita*, Tesori Chiara Maria, Donello Claudia, Lombardo Federica, Lo Vasco Rita Vincenza, Capriotti Lorena, Corsi Mariangela, Di Raimo Tania, Leopizzi Martina, Salvati Bruno and Ricci Serafino, Wounds Difficult to Heal: An Effective Treatment Strategy, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2017; 15 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161115666170301122216