BACKGROUND Some diabetic feet heal without complication, but others undergo amputation due to progressive wounds. This study investigates the risk factors for amputation of diabetic feet. METHODS A total of 55 patients who visited our institution from 2008 to 2012 were included in the study. The patients with abnormal fasting blood sugar levels, lower leg vascularity, and poor nutrition were ...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to use the sudomotor function test, Sudoscan, as a screening method for the evaluation of asymptomatic diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. As a result, more attention could be paid to those asymptomatic patients who could be easily neglected and underdiagnosed in everyday clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to assess the incidence of diabetic neuroarthropathy and its related morbidity. METHODS The medical records of 296 diabetic patients were analyzed retrospectively between June of 1998 and July of 1999. The patients with long standing, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and associated peripheral neuropathy were evaluated clinically and radiographically for ...

73 years old, male, referred from Internal Medicine department with diagnose Diabetic Polyneuropathy. The patient felt numbness at both feet since about 8 ago and also complain shortened walking distance because of fatigue. From the physical examination we found that has muscle weakness left leg. foot there were decreased vibration light touch sensation, anhidrosis, hyperkeratosis his feet. The...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to evaluate the results of foot screening performed in a study population of 2137 diabetics (3926 feet) screened from 2006 to 2008 by the National University Hospital (NUH) multi-disciplinary team for diabetic foot problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS A standardised protocol was designed. Foot screening consisted of detailed history taking and clinical examination incl...

AIM The current sudomotor function tests are too time-consuming to be used for diabetic patients in daily practice. EZSCAN is a new, patented technology that measures electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) through reverse iontophoresis and chronoamperometry. The aim of the present study was to assess the sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility of the method in type 2 diabetic patients in c...

The early diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is challenging. Sudomotor dysfunction is one of the earliest detectable abnormalities in DPN. The present study aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of the electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) test in detecting early DPN, compared with the vibration perception threshold (VPT) test and diabetic neuropathy symptom (DNS) score,...

Diabetes has been one of the most common chronic diseases all over the world. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess the foot loading characteristics of diabetic patients with fifth-toe deformity through a comparative analysis with diabetic patients with healthy and normal feet. Six neuropathic diabetic female subjects with the fifth-toe deformation and six age-matched neuropath...