Clinical profile and laboratory finding of diabetic foot ulcers from tertiary hospitals in Bali

Clinical profile and management outcome of diabetic foot ulcers in a tertiary care hospital.

OBJECTIVE To determine major risk factors and management outcome of diabetic foot ulcers in order to prevent amputation. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Study was conducted at the Department of Medicine, Civil Hospital Karachi, from January 2005 to December 2006. PATIENTS AND METHODS One-hundred and sixteen consecutive diabetic patients, with fo...

Clinical and surgical characteristics of infected diabetic foot ulcers in a tertiary hospital of Mexico

Background: The objective of this study was to determine the clinical and surgical characteristics of diabetic foot ulcers in a tertiary level hospital in Mexico. Methods: We performed a longitudinal, descriptive study from July, 2012 to August, 2015 on a sample composed of 100 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and infected diabetic foot ulcers. We analyzed socio-demographic variables, com...

Low Level Laser Therapy in Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Double Blind Controlled Clinical Trial

Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers

From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (A.J.M.B., L.V.), and the Departments of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery (R.S.K.), Epidemiology and Public Health (R.S.K.), and Psychology (L.V.), University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami (R.S.K.); and the Department of Academic Medicine, Manchester Royal Infir...

Diabetic foot ulcers.

Ulceration of the foot in diabetes is common and disabling and frequently leads to amputation of the leg. Mortality is high and healed ulcers often recur. The pathogenesis of foot ulceration is complex, clinical presentation variable, and management requires early expert assessment. Interventions should be directed at infection, peripheral ischaemia, and abnormal pressure loading caused by peri...