Effect of Topical Insulin and Ozonized Cream for the
Treatment of Full-thickness Dermal Burn Injuries: A Clinical and
Histopathological Study in Diabetic Rats
Gül Çıray Akbaş Güngör1, Çağrı Gültekin1, Aysel Kükner2, İlker Etikan3, Meliha Temizel4 and Fatma Eser
Özgencil1
1Department
of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Near East University,
Nicosia/TRNC; 2Department of Histology, Faculty of
Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia/TRNC; 3Department
of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University,
Nicosia/TRNC; 4Experimental Animals and Research Center,
Near East University, Nicosia/TRNC
*Corresponding author:
gul.akbas.91@gmail.com; gulciray.akbas@neu.edu.tr
Abstract
Diabetic wound healing is a major health problem
encountered in both human and veterinary medicine. In this study, 30 Wistar
albino rats were experimentally induced diabetes having bilateral full-thickness
tissue loss and second-degree burns onto the skin and divided into three groups.
The effects of a 14-day-wound treatment with NPH insulin cream (G1), ozonized
cream (G2), and ozonized cream + NPH insulin cream (G3) was investigated. Photographic evidence of
wound healing was measured on 3, 7 and 14 days. On the fourteenth day, the rats
were euthanized, and scar tissue samples were collected for histopathological
examination. It was observed that
topical NPH insulin alone acted as a strong immunomodulator in preventing
long-term inflammation that could lead to delayed wound healing. In G2 and G3
groups, the epithelization score was increased, additionally in G3 the
fibroblast activation score wasincreased
as well. In conclusion, a combination of equal amounts of NPH
insulin cream and ozonized cream contributed to wound
healing by decreasing inflammation score and increasing epithelization and
fibroblast activation.
To Cite This Article:
Güngör Akbaş GÇ, Gültekin Ç, Kükner A, Etikan İ, Temizel M, and Özgencil FE, 2022. Effect
of topical insulin and ozonized cream for the treatment of full-thickness dermal
burn injuries: a clinical and histopathological study in diabetic rats.
Pak Vet J, 42(2): 229-235.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.005