New surgery boosts foot ulcer healing in diabetics

This study tested a new approach for treating diabetic foot ulcers, which are hard-to-heal wounds. In the experiment, doctors took a small sample of the patient's own skin cells and applied them to the ulcer during surgery, along with a thin skin graft. The control group received only the skin graft. The goal was to see if adding the skin cells helped the wound heal faster and reduced the chance of the ulcer coming back within a year. The trial involved 108 adults with diabetes.