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Hyperglycemia increases susceptibility to ischemic necrosis |
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| Published in | BioMed Research International. 2013, vol. 2013, p. 490964 | |
| Abstract | Diabetic patients are at risk for spontaneous foot ulcers, chronic wounds, infections, and tissue necrosis. Current theories suggest that the development and progression of diabetic foot ulcers are mainly caused by arteriosclerosis and peripheral neuropathy. Tissue necrosis plays a primordial role in the progression of diabetic foot ulcers but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of hyperglycemia per se on the susceptibility of ischemic tissue to necrosis, using a critical ischemic hind limb animal model. We inflicted the same degree of ischemia in both euglycemic and streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemic rats by resecting the external iliac, the femoral, and the saphenous arteries. Postoperative laser Doppler flowmetry of the ischemic feet showed the same degree of reduction in skin perfusion in both hyperglycemic and euglycemic animals. Nevertheless, we found a significantly higher rate of limb necrosis in hyperglycemic rats compared to euglycemic rats (71% versus 29%, resp.). In this study, we revealed that hyperglycemia per se increases the susceptibility to limb necrosis in ischemic conditions. Our results may help to better understand the physiopathology of progressive diabetic wounds and underline the importance of strict glycemic control in patients with critical limb ischemia. | |
| Identifiers | DOI: 10.1155/2013/490964 PMID: 23509730 | |
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| Research group | Groupe Pittet Cuenod Brigitte (chirurgie plastique et reconstructive) (96) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | LÉVIGNE, Dominik et al. Hyperglycemia increases susceptibility to ischemic necrosis. In: BioMed Research International, 2013, vol. 2013, p. 490964. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31198 |
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