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Healing enhancement of chronic venous stasis ulcers utilizing H-WAVE®device therapy: a case series

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Title
Healing enhancement of chronic venous stasis ulcers utilizing H-WAVE®device therapy: a case series
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Cases Journal, February 2010
DOI 10.1186/1757-1626-3-54
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Kenneth Blum, Amanda LH Chen, Thomas JH Chen, B William Downs, Eric R Braverman, Mallory Kerner, Stella Savarimuthu, Anish Bajaj, Margaret Madigan, Seth H Blum, Gary Reinl, John Giordano, Nicholas DiNubile

Abstract

Approximately 15% (more than 2 million individuals, based on these estimates) of all people with diabetes will develop a lower-extremity ulcer during the course of the disease. Ultimately, between 14% and 20% of patients with lower-extremity diabetic ulcers will require amputation of the affected limb. Analysis of the 1995 Medicare claims revealed that lower-extremity ulcer care accounted for $1.45 billion in Medicare costs. Therapies that promote rapid and complete healing and reduce the need for expensive surgical procedures would impact these costs substantially. One such example is the electrotherapeutic modality utilizing the H-Wave(R) device therapy and program.It has been recently shown in acute animal experiments that the H-Wave(R) device stimulation induces a nitric oxide-dependent increase in microcirculation of the rat Cremaster skeletal muscle. Moreover, chronic H-wave(R) device stimulation of rat hind limbs not only increases blood flow but induces measured angiogenesis. Coupling these findings strongly suggests that H-Wave(R) device stimulation promotes rapid and complete healing without need of expensive surgical procedures.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 2 7%
Unknown 28 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 23%
Researcher 7 23%
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Other 4 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 2 7%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 50%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 4 13%