Open Journal of Regenerative Medicine, 2022, 11, 63-76
https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojrm
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DOI: 10.4236/ojrm.2022.114005 Dec. 30, 2022 63 Open Journal of Regenerative Medicine
Scar Acceleration Method—MAC
®
in the
Treatment of Chronic Wounds in
Lymphedema: Case Report
Marcus Vinicius de Mello Pinto
1*
, Aline Ronis Sampaio
1
, Miriam Viviane Baron
2
,
Angela Gonçalves Marx
3
, Esteban Fortuny
4
, Francisco Javier Millan Martínez
5
,
Alessandra Fernandes de Lima
6
, Thais do Prado Pessanha Passos
7
,
Alexandre Gomes Sancho
8,9
1
Celulare Institute, Petrópolis, Brazil
2
Program in Medicine and Health Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS),
Porto Alegre, Brazil
3
Faculty of Medicine of USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4
Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
5
Hospital Viamed Virgen de la Paloma, Madrid, Spain
6
Clinilar, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
7
Oncology Physiotherapy by ABFO, COFFITO, Brazil
8
Physiotherapy Course, Grande Rio University, Duque de Caxias, Brazil
9
Augusto Motta University Center (UNISUAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract
Wounds are a serious public health problem in our country. Access to effective,
low-cost treatment is still far from the reality for many patients leading to a
chronic and serious condition. They interfere in the quality of life of these indi-
viduals who isolate themselves socially constrained by the appearance of their
wounds. The report shows the case of a patient with type II diabetes mellitus,
with chronic wounds in lymphedema in the lower limbs who was treated with
the Scar Acceleration Methodology associated with Complex Decongestive The-
rapy, leading to an improvement in her social participation and quality of life.
Keywords
Lympedema, Wound Healing, Diabetes Mellitus Complication
1. Introduction
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important and growing health problem for all
*Creator of the cicatricial acceleration method.
How to cite this paper: de Mello Pinto,
M.V., Sampaio, A.R., Baron, M.V., Marx,
A.G., Fortuny, E., Martínez, F.J.M., de Lima,
A.F., do Prado Pessanha Passos, T. and San-
cho, A.G. (2022) Scar Acceleration Me-
thod—MAC
®
in the Treatment of Chronic
Wounds in Lymphedema: Case Report. Open
Journal of Regenerative Medicine, 11, 63-76.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojrm.2022.114005
Received: August 10, 2022
Accepted: December 27, 2022
Published: December 30, 2022
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