The results in
that work signified also that chitosan itself facilitate wound repair.
Chitosan film also can be used as proper candidate in healing
diabetic foot ulcers which are common in patients with
diabetic mellitus. These patients are known to be at high risk
of developing chronic dermal ulcers in presence of long term
complications of the disease arising from peripheral neuropathy
or mechanical changes in the foot architecture which lead at
the end to limb loss if proper treatment is delayed.