The resin salve may be spread directly onto the diabetic ulcer, after which the area is covered with a bandage suitable for local wound care. The bandage prohibits salve from moving away from the ulcer area. If the skin condition is more widespread or contains cavities or fistulae, the salve may be spread as a film with a thickness of at least 1 mm onto a gauze or gauze ribbon that is then used to fill the cavity or fistulae channel. Bandages are changed every 1-3 days, depending on the degree of infection and amount of ulcer secretion.

Octenidine treatment is implemented with the similar manner as resin salve treatment by using sterile gauze that is impregnated with the octenidine dihydrochloride.

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Complications

Diabetic Neuropathies

Wound Infection

Resin is collected in the municipality of Kolari, Finland, from the trunks of full-grown Norway spruce (Picea acies) trees. Bark and other impurities are removed mechanically. The resin is then liquefied and purified by filtering. Resin salve is composed of a 10% (w/w) mixture of purified spruce resin in a standardized salve base. None of the components of the salve base have antibacterial properties. Resin salve is produced from the pure resin to the final product in accordance with the Good Manufacturing Standards (GMP) and it holds the European CE mark (Abilar 10% Resin Salve, Repolar Ltd., Espoo, Finland, CE 0537).

Resin salve treatment

Octenidine dihydrochloride is a cationic surfactant and bis-(dihydropyridinyl)-decane derivative, used in concentrations of 0.1-2.0%. It is similar in its action to the quaternary ammonium compounds, but is of somewhat broader spectrum of activity. Octenidine is currently increasingly used in continental Europe as a substitute for quats or chlorhexidine (with respect to its slow action and concerns about the carcinogenic impurity 4-chloroaniline) in water- or alcohol-based skin, mucosa and wound antiseptics. In aqueous formulations, it is often potentiated with addition of 2-phenoxyethanol.

Octenidine treatment

Diabetic Foot Clinic Regional Diabetic Centre, Department of Hypertension and Diabetology

Comparison of Resin Salve and Octenidine in Patients With Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Comparison of Resin Salve and Conventional Octenidine in Patients With Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers - a Prospective, Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trial

To scrutinize complete healing of neuropathic diabetic foot ulceration over time.

To analyze successful eradication rate of pathogenic bacteria from the ulcers within the study period as documented by negative swab culture.

To analyze the rate of ulcers with 50% decrease in ulcer size and disappearing of clinical signs of infection over time.

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Comparison of Resin Salve and Octenidine in Patients With Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers

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