OBJECTIVE One of the most significant complications of diabetes is foot disease, which often leads to amputations was found to be very common in developing countries like India, the diabetic capital of the world. Hence this study has been planned to assess the pattern and causes of amputations in diabetic patients across various parts of India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 1985 (M:F 1249:7...

  Background: Lower extremity amputation has different etiologies and the purpose of the study was to describe the demographics and etiologies of amputations. This study was designed to evaluate amputations performed in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan (north-west of Iran) and to       determine specific causes of amputations associated with geographical and cultural characteristics of the re...

background: confrontation with the consequences of diabetes causes a crisis in physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions. sometimes the spiritual crisis can be tremendous. since spiritual health coordinates different aspects of human life, this study aimed to identify the spiritual health of patients with defects caused by diabetes. materials and methods: this was a qualitative-phenomenologica...

background: lower extremity amputation has different etiologies and the purpose of the study was to describe the demographics and etiologies of amputations. this study was designed to evaluate amputations performed in the province of eastern azerbaijan (north-west of iran) and to       determine specific causes of amputations associated with geographical and cultural characteristics of the regi...