Author(s): Astasio Picado Álvaro
The global increase of Diabetes Mellitus represents serious complications for those who suffer from it, the most frequent complications are diabetic foot ulcers and amputations derived from them. Currently, negative pressure therapy (NPT) is used as an advanced therapy for the treatment of this type of ulcers. This novel therapy promises numerous advantages for the nursing approach to patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Therefore, the objective of this narrative review is to prove the effectiveness of the negative pressure therapy as a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers. The search of the articles was carried out in several scientific databases with the help of a searching chain, which combined the keywords and boolean operators. 16 studies were selected, which indicated that NPT as a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers provides benefits such as promoting the formation of granulation tissue, healing and closing of the ulcer in a shorter time, as well as reducing ulcer depth and area and even decreases the bacterial load, the rate of amputations and reulcerations. Hence, NPT is an effective therapy that should be applied to clinical practice
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