Limb amputation is the only option in most of the cases of gangrenous wounds. A gangrenous wound of the lower legs is a relatively common condition amongst adults that causes pain and social distress. Although, many factors lead to gangrenous wounds but in order to ascertain the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, an interdisciplinary approach to the systematic assessment of the patient may be helpful. The present study was conducted in a number of cases suffering from non-healing gangrenous wound and many of them were at the verge of amputation or facing the plan of amputation. These patients were kept on Unani medicine besides leech therapy. Wound dressing was done with unripe papaya along with honey as it has a very good cleansing action to remove the slough from the wound. The therapy proved useful and wounds were completely healed in between one to three months’ time.
Author(s): Professor SM Arif Zaidi