| QALY | Quality-adjusted life year |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| VAC | Vacuum-assisted Closure Therapy |
| DeCS | Descriptors in Health Sciences |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Heading |
| SJR | Scimago Journal and Country Rank |
| SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
| QALY | Quality-adjusted life year |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| VAC | Vacuum-assisted Closure Therapy |
| DeCS | Descriptors in Health Sciences |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Heading |
| SJR | Scimago Journal and Country Rank |
| SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |