
La diabetes mellitus al ser una enfermedad crónica puede causar muchos trastornos a los pacientes que la padecen. Una complicación habitual son las úlceras, hasta el 25% de los pacientes las padecen a lo largo de su vida, causando un grave trastorno en la calidad de vida de estos. Vamos a presentar el caso de una paciente de nuestra consulta que, tras realizar un debut diabético, portaba una úlcera en miembro inferior izquierdo de importantes dimensiones y una cantidad abundante de esfacelo y tejido no viable. Tras el uso en nuestra consulta de la colagenasa con ácido hialurónico como método de desbridamiento enzimático, pudimos apreciar la clara evolución favorable de la úlcera. PALABRAS CLAVE: diabetes mellitus, desbridamiento enzimático, úlcera diabética. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that can cause many disorders to patients who suffer from it. A common complication is ulcers, up to 25% of patients suffer from them throughout their lives, causing a serious disruption in their quality of life. We are going to present the case of a patient in our practice who, after a diabetic debut, had a large ulcer on the left lower limb and an abundant amount of slough and non-viable tissue. After the use of collagenase with hyaluronic acid as a method of enzymatic debridement in our practice, we could appreciate the clear favorable evolution of the ulcer. KEY WORDS: diabetes mellitus, enzymatic debridement, diabetic ulcer.
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