Effect of Hydrogel Use on Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Systematic Review

Abstract

Background The prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers in Indonesia with an amputation rate of 15%, a mortality rate of 32% and diabetic ulcers as the cause of hospitalization is 80%. One of the treatments for diabetic foot ulcers is using a hydrogel dressing. Purpose this systematic review aims to determine the effect of using hydrogel on the healing of diabetic foot ulcers. The design in this scientific paper is a systematic review by searching using an electronic database, namely Semantic Scholar and Pubmed. Methode The keywords used in the search are; Diabetic foot ulcer OR diabetic foot wound AND hydrogel dressing OR hydrogel use AND wound healing. With accessible inclusion criteria, the subject is patients with diabetic foot ulcers, Fulltext manuscript, the language used is Indonesian and English, published in the last 10 years, according to the research topic. Based on a review of the systematic review of 2 articles, it shows that healing of diabetic foot ulcers using hydrogel is quite short, 7-9 days good changes have been seen, starting to have granulation tissue, namely the color of the wound is bright red, the edges of the wound are clearly visible. Results of the systematic review show that hydrogel can help heal diabetic foot ulcers.