Overall, there is a greater agreement on the effectiveness of EGF to enhance the healing of diabetic ulcers. Nevertheless, extant evidence is lacking for other agents since few trials have been conducted for most of the growth factors and available studies are heterogeneous in their methodologies (Journal of Diabetes Research)
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Growth factors for treating diabetic foot ulcers
This Cochrane review found evidence suggesting that growth factors might be useful for increasing complete wound closure of foot ulcers in people with diabetes , though this conclusion is based on randomised clinical trials with a high risk of bias due to pitfalls in design and execution of the included trials
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