Major amputation remains a significant complication of patients with diabetic foot problems. Now, research indicates the predictive factors for below-and above-the-knee amputation in these patients.

According to the World Health Organization, there were 830 million people living with diabetes in 2022, as compared to 200 million in 1990. This chronic, metabolic condition that affects millions of ...

Diabetic foot is a common complication of uncontrolled diabetes, caused by neuropathy, infection, and poor blood flow. It leads to ulcers, loss of sensation, and delayed healing, often progressing to ...

Diabetes Care. 2013;36(9):2862-2871. 1. The ability to performhemodynamic and anatomic vascular assessment with revascularization, as necessary using both physical examination and handheld Doppler ...

For diabetics, proper foot care is extremely important, and even the slightest carelessness can lead to extreme consequences.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio has earned a troubling distinction as the diabetic foot amputation capital of the world. This ...

This 2723- female infant was born at 35 weeks' gestation to a 28-year-old gravida 3, para 0 mother. The pregnancy was complicated by type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes of 16 years' duration. The mother ...

Their foot lesions were such that toe or transmetatarsal amputations were not feasible. However, sepsis was usually regressing and there was no gangrene extending above the ankle before below-the-knee ...

Adherence to treatment is often a concern. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy affects approximately 60-70% of diabetic patients and a total of 347 million people worldwide. 1 This complication is not only ...

THE treatment of arteriosclerosis of the legs has changed considerably in the past several years, notably through the introduction of antibiotics and anticoagulants and through the recognition of the ...