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. 2024 Sep 23;15:1452192. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1452192

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the network meta-analysis.

Author,published year and country Groups (n) Study period (weeks) Mean age (years) Male gender (n) Wound duration (weeks) Wound area (cm2) Primary outcomes
Driver,2017,UAS (33) SOC(61)/TOT(61) 12 58.8 ± 9.4/58.6 ± 12.31 47/43 14.9 ± 12.5/17.7 ± 12.8 2.3 ± 1.7/2.0 ± 1.7 Complete wound healing
Frykberg,2020,UK
(34)
SOC(36)/TOT(37) 12 61.9 ± 9.5/64.6 ± 10.3 31/32 24.9 ± 13.4/22.9 ± 13.7 3.22 ± 2.54/3.02 ± 2.66 Complete wound healing
Niederauer,2017,UAS (35) SOC(50)/TOT(50) 12 59.1 ± 13.3/57.5± 10.9 40/39 NA 3.9 ± 2.0/3.4 ± 1.5 Rates of closure, and time to closure
Niederauer,2018,UAS (36) SOC(72)/TOT(74) 12 56.6 ± 14.4/56.1 ± 10.1 54/59 20.54 ± 13.96/18.8 ± 12.7 3.89 ± 2.02/3.54 ± 1.68 Full wound closure
Janelle,2016,Canada (37) SOC(10)/TOT(10) 8 58± 9.5/57 ± 9.5 NA 46.2 ± 17.9/47.4 ± 23.4 1.68 ± 1.31/1.37 ± 0.95 Rates of closure, and time to closure
Chen,2017,China (38) SOC(18)/HBOT(20) 4 60.8 ± 7.2/64.3 ± 13.0 11/10 4.98 ± 4.8/8.44 ± 6.97 NA Physiological indices and
blood biochemistry tests
Fedorko,2016,Canada (39) SOC(54)/HBOT(49) 12 62/61 38/31 48/33 5.1/6.1 Amputation and wound healing
Ma,2013,China (40) SOC(18)/HBOT(18) 2 60.4 ± 5.6/59.8 ± 6.5 12/11 45.2 ± 34/57.2 ± 46.4 4.35 ± 1.04/4.21 ± 0.99 Complete wound healing
Santema,2018,
Netherlands (41)
SOC(60)/HBOT(60) 48 70.6 ± 11.2/67.6 ± 10.0 46/51 24/22.4 3.5 ± 2.9/3.2 ± 2.7 Limb salvage and wound healing after 12 months, as well as time to wound healing.
Chaudhary,2013,India (42) SOC(20)/HBOT(20)/PRP(20 60 45 ± 7.5/43.8 ± 9.4/43.3 ± 8.1 11/10/11 6.75 ± 2.65/6.83 ± 2.5/7.6 ± 2.53 9.9 ± 5.5/14.9 ± 6.2/19.2 ± 11.3 Complete wound healing
Londahl,2010,
Sweden (43)
SOC(45)/HBOT(49) 8 69/68 38/38 40/36 2.8/3.1 Complete wound healing
Salama,2019,Egypt
(44)
SOC(15)/HBOT(15) 8 57.7 ± 6.7/55.1 ± 7.5 10/12 15.5 ± 1.4/16.5± 1.5 8(2-16.5)/7.5 (1.5-15.5) Complete healing of the target ulcer
Kumar,2020,India
(45)
SOC(26)/HBOT(28) 6 56.9 ± 11.1/58.4 ± 10.1 19/20 36 ± 11.6/32 ± 8.4 3.0 ± 2.8/2.9 ± 1.5 Healing and need for amputation,grafting or debridement
Lonardi,2019,Italy
(46)
SOC(50)/SCs(55) 24 71.6 ± 10.8/69.0 ± 11.6 41/45 NA NA The healing rate and time
Smith,2020, UK (47) SOC(6)/SCs(6)/PRP+SCs(6) 12 55.2/60.2/57.5 4/6/5 49/41/54 0.64/0.31/0.13 Wound size and Wound healing
E.Uzun,2020.
Turkey (48)
SOC(10)/SCs(10) 24 57.2 ± 4.5/57.5 ± 8.4 6/6 6.8 ± 2.4/7.8 ± 2.9 25.8 ± 5.4/23.5 ± 5.6 Wound characteristics, wound closure time, amputation rates and
clinical scores
Han,2010,Korea (49) SOC(26)/SCs(26) 8 68.4 ± 8.7/66.5 ± 7.5 14/15 4.0 ± 2.1/4.3 ± 2.1 12.5 ± 5.5/12.5 ± 5.6 The percentages of complete healing and mean healing times
Meamar,2021,Iran
(50)
SOC(7)/SCs(11)/SCs+PRP(10) 16 56 ± 10.5/68 ± 8.1 NA NA 8.6 ± 5.5/11.11 ± 5.8,/11.2 ± 5.6 Wound area and pain free walking distance
Brigido,2006,USA
(51)
SOC(14)/ADM(14) 16 66/61 NA NA NA Complete wound healing
Driver,2015,USA (52) SOC(153)/ADM(154) 16 57.3 ± 9.7/55.8 ± 10.6 114/118 NA 3.65 ± 2.7/3.53± 2.5 Complete wound healing
Walters,2016,USA
(53)
SOC(56)/ADM(76) 16 57.1 ± 10.9/58.4 ± 11.7 NA NA 3.3 ± 2.5/3.6 ± 4.2 Complete wound healing
Reyzelman,2009,
USA (54)
SOC(39)/ADM(46) 12 58.9 ± 11.6/55.4 ± 9.6 NA 22.9 ± 12.0/23.3 ± 16.0 5.1 ± 3.2/3.6 ± 2.2 The proportion of healed diabetic
foot ulcers and mean healing time
Zelen, 2016, USA (55) SOC(20)/ADM(20) 12 57.1 ± 10.65/61.5 ± 10.85 12/16 NA 2.7 ± 2.26/4.7 ± 5.24 Complete wound healing
Zelen, 2018, USA (56) SOC(40)/ADM(40) 12 62/59 24/28 NA 2.7/3.2 The proportion of wounds closed
Gao, 2022, China (57) SOC(50)/UD(50) 4 66/67 26/27 NA 14.5 ± 0.9/15.6 ± 0.8 Patients total clinical efficiency, adverse events, ulcer areas, healing
rate, and positive bacterial culture rate
Rastogi,2019,India
(58)
SOC(50)/UD(50) 4 51.2 ± 7.3/52.5 ± 7.2 NA 12.1 ± 10.9/15.8 ± 11.2 14.8 ± 13.8/11.3± 8.2 A >50% reduction in wound area
Li,2016,China (59) NPWT(35)/NPWT+UD(35) NA 40.13 ± 13.2/40.43 ± 12.0 23/21 25.3 ± 12.4/23.3 ± 11.3 30 ± 23.4/36 ± 19.8 The ulcer area,granulation tissue coverage rate and ulcer recurrence rate
Wang,2018,China (60) NPWT(30)/NPWT+UD(30) NA 61.5 ± 8.5/60.5 ± 8.5 20/18 NA 1.81 ± 0.42/4.04 ± 0.76 The number of changing times, the wound healing time and the incidence of adverse reactions
Li,2022,China (61) NPWT(20)/NPWT+UD(20) NA 61.0 ± 9.81/58.85 ± 6.98 15/13 NA NA The treatment effects,pain degree, ankle-brachial index and complication rate
Diao,2022,China (62) NPWT(30)/NPWT+UD(30) 2 49.85 ± 2.26/49.97 ± 2.39 17/19 18.3 ± 4.6/18.5 ± 4.5 12.42 ± 1.18/12.19 ± 1.21 The clinical treatment effect, pain score and expression of serum inflammatory factors
Ji,2019,China (63) NPWT(76)/NPTW+UD(77) NA 56.12 ± 8.60/55.75 ± 8.51 38/42 4.7 ± 0.7/32.4.7 ± 0.6 19.28 ± 6.42/15.28 ± 5.79 The bacterial clearance rate, wound surface reduction and wound surface reduction rate
Seidel,2020,Germany (64) SOC(174)/NPWT(171) 16 68.1/67.6 134/133 23.2 ± 12.1/31.0 ± 11.6 11.4 ± 4.7/10.6± 5.5 Wound closure
Maranna,2021,India
(65)
SOC(23)/NPWT(22) 21 49.00 ± 10.14/50.23 ± 10.52 17/16 38.9 ± 12.9/36.9 ± 12.5 47.30 ± 17.00/48.45 ± 17.42 The formation of granulation tissue, reduction in ulcer size, duration of hospital stay and time for complete healing of wounds
Vivek,2022, India (66) SOC(32)/NPWT(23) 3 36.74 ± 7.22/37.32 ± 6.84 26/16 30.2 ± 10.9/34.2 ± 8.5 19.87 ± 3.66/20.46 ± 3.45 Wound healing
Sangma,2019,India
(67)
SOC(32)/NPWT(23 3 52.89/55.85 15/16 NA 80.44/70.97 The time to wound healing, granulation tissue formation, and complications such as pain, infection, and bleeding
Erhan,2018,Turkey
(68)
SOC(34)/NPWT(31) NA 58.3 ± 8.0/60.6 ± 11.6 27/25 20.3 ± 11.2/25.2 ± 14.7 17.6 ± 3.3/18.3 ± 3.1 Wound healing
Muhammad,2015,
Pakistan (69)
SOC(139)/NPWT(139) 2 55.88 ± 10.97/56.83 ± 11.3 114/107 NA 15.07 ± 2.92/15.09 ± 2.81 Reduction in wound area
Chen,2021, China (70) NPWT(50)/PRP+
NPWT(50)
6 60.88 ± 7.98/61.62 ± 8.35 27/29 NA NA The total effective rates and the effect of wound repair
Gao, 2021, China (71) NPWT(49)/NPWT+PRP(49) NA 59. 2± 6. 7/60. 7 ± 6. 9 29/30 NA NA The formation of granulation tissue and new blood vessels, healing time
Chen,2018, China (72) SOC(30)/PRP+
NPWT(28)
NA 49.59 ± 1.54/49.54 ± 1.55 12/13 NA NA The hospitalization time and ulcer healing time
Niu,2020,China (73) SOC(35)/PRP+NPWT(38) NA 59.62 ± 5.33/58.49 ± 4.97 19/20 NA NA Wound healing
Wan, 2021, China (74) NPWT(55)/PRP+NPWT(55) 2 54.66 ± 8.79/53.25 ± 9.56 27/28 NA 2.49 ± 0.26/2.57 ± 0.52 Treatment effect, ulcer healing time,hospital stay,blood biochemical indexes before and after treatment
Ahmed,2016,Egypt
(75)
SOC(28)/PRP(28) 12 49.8 ± 15.4/43.2± 18.2 18/20 11.5 ± 2.8/12.5 ± 1.0 5.72 ± 0.48/6.24 ± 0.77 Complete healing
Ajay,2021,India (29) SOC(30)/PRP(30) 6 55.76 ± 10.2/56.03± 9.6 19/22 44.9 ± 70.8/54.8 ± 70.3 4.96± 2.89/5.22 ± 3.82 Wound healing
Alamdari,2021,Iran
(76)
SOC(47)/PRP(43) 24 56.7 ± 7.2/56.3 ± 7.1 30/26 NA NA The healing rate of foot ulcers
Shailendra,2018,India (77) SOC(26)/PRP(29) 4 55.69 ± 10.35/53.76 ± 10.38 15/19 NA NA Wound healing
Ahmed,2019,Egypt
(78)
SOC(12)/PRP(12) 20 55.6 ± 6.5/54.7 ± 6.6 6/8 22.3± 10.8/21 ± 13.6 15.16 ± 2.1/25.58± 8.32 Percent reduction in the dimensions of the DFU, healing of DFU, and complications at 20 weeks of follow-up
Yasser,2022,Egypt
(79)
SOC(36)/PRP(36) 20 58.69 ± 6.68/56.03± 8.39 21/20 46.67 ± 39.87/46.64 ± 31.47 3.22 ± 1.2/3.33± 1.31 Wound healing
ElMahdy,2021,Egypt
(80)
SOC(40)/PRP(40) 12 54.8± 3.9/54.9 ± 2.37 34/28 NA 14.5 ± 5.6/15.2 ± 5.6 Wound healing and decrease the rate of local infection
Xie,2019,China (81) SOC(23)/PRP(25) 8 61.10 ± 7.90/60.50 ± 8.27 13/14 24.3 ± 16.96/21.60 ± 18.50 11.78 ± 7.78/11.84 ± 9.67 The sinus tract closure times, ulcer healing rates, hospitalization times, and
hospitalization expenses
Li,2014,China (82) SOC(55)/PRP(48) 12 64.1 ± 9.4/61.4 ± 13.1 38/37 3.3/4.3 2.9/4.1 Wound healing
Li,2022,China (83) SOC(36)/PRP(36) 12 64.2 ± 9.8/62.5 ± 10.1 20/22 3.1 ± 2.4/3.3 ± 2.1 26.9 ± 18.3/28.2 ± 17.8 Healing time (days), length of hospital stay (days), healing rate, surface area reduction (cm2), and adverse events
Asad,2022,Pakistan
(84)
SOC(80)/PRP(80) 24 57.7 ± 10.1/54.4 ± 8.5 14/13 NA NA Wound healing
Du,2022,China (85) SOC(30)/PRP(30) 14 53.4/54.44 17/19 NA 7.244 ± 1.24/7.4 ± 1.6 Healing area, volume, and rates
Jeong,2010,Korea (86) SOC(48)/PRP(52) 12 63.8 ± 6.4/64.5± 8.1 26/27 10.1± 3.1/12.4 ± 5.6 5.3 ± 2.2/5.7 ± 3.6 The percentage of complete healing, mean healing time, percentage of wound shrinkage, and patient satisfaction
Hossam,2021,Egypt
(80)
SOC(40)/PRP(40) 12 54.8 ± 3.9/54.9± 2.37 34/28 NA 14.5 ± 5.6/15.2 ± 5.6 Wound healing and the rate of local infection
Arash,2022,Iran (87) SOC(81)/PRP(81) 12 60.2 ± 5.2/55.8 ± 5.6 46/52 6.4 ± 1.8/6.0 ± 0.7 3.3 ± 0.5/3.2 ± 0.5 The percentage area reduction

NA, Not Available.