BACKGROUND Diabetic foot ulceration is receiving more attention because of its high amputation and mortality rate. It is essential to establish the frequency of amputations in people with diabetes after any change to the management of diabetic foot care. The present study aim to compare the frequency of lower-extremity amputations in patients with diabetes foot ulcer over a ten-year period. M...

BACKGROUND Although Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with high rates of diabetic foot complications, there are only limited data concerning mortality among such a high risk group. Therefore, the main aim of the current study was to assess all-cause mortality and its related predictors among diabetic patients with and without di...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether a strategy of aggressive cardiovascular risk management reduced the mortality associated with diabetic foot ulceration. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS After an initial audit of outcomes demonstrating a high mortality rate in 404 diabetic foot ulcer patients with the first ulceration developing between 1995 and 1999, a new aggressive ca...

AIMS To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer. METHODS This multicentre, prospective, observational study reviewed participants' data at 12 months after culture of a diabetic foot ulcer requiring antibiotic therapy. From participants' notes, we obtained information on the incidence of wound ...

Background Diabetic foot complications are acknowledged as the leading cause of amputation and diabetes-related hospitalisation. Podiatry-led multi-disciplinary clinics are recognised as important strategies to improve diabetic foot outcomes. Data suggests diabetic foot complications are increasing at a faster rate than diabetes is being diagnosed. A reliable, competent workforce is urgently re...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic diseases. More than 154 million people are estimated to have diabetes worldwide. The prevalence of diabetes among veterans has increased to 17%, more than double the prevalence in the general population. Diabetic foot ulcers are a frequent late complication in diabetic patients and the most prevalent lesion of the diabetic foot. Foot examina...

D iabetic foot ulcers burden the U.S. health care system with an annual cost of approximately $6 billion (1). Based on the mechanical etiology of diabetic foot lesions, investigators tried to establish a relationship between ulcer occurrence and plantar pressures. Mostly, peak pressure has been chosen as an ulcer predictor. However, previous studies have yielded only moderate correlations betwe...

Diabetes mellitus is a disease of complications and Diabetic Foot Syndrome is an important problem confronting society and health professionals. In USA one in four diabetics sustains foot ulcer and 40% of them lose their feet [1]. It accounts for 70% of non-traumatic amputations. In Joslin Diabetes Clinic, 25% admissions are due to foot ulcers. In Indian scene, the data is limited. In the study...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility, technical effectiveness and limb salvage potential of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), particularly infrapopliteal, in diabetic subjects with ischaemic foot ulcer. DESIGN Intervention study with PTA in consecutive series. SETTING Six Diabetology Foot Centres and one Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory in Italy. SUBJECTS Two hundred ...

Diabetic foot is a serious complication of diabetes which aggravates the patient's condition whilst also having significant socioeconomic impact. The aim of the present review is to summarize the causes and pathogenetic mechanisms leading to diabetic foot, and to focus on the management of this important health issue. Increasing physicians' awareness and hence their ability to identify the "foo...