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The Diabetic Foot [PDF]

Medicine, 1988
Diabetic foot lesions most commonly result from a combination of neuropathy and vascular disease in the lower extremity, and may be the presenting feature of diabetes in the older patient. Insufficient attention previously has been given to the careful clinical assessment of the foot, which enables the physician to recognize those patients who are at ...
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of lower extremity amputation in the diabetic inpatients with foot ulcers

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectivesTo analyze clinical characteristics of the diabetic inpatients with foot ulcers and explore the risk factors of lower extremity amputation (LEA) in West China Hospital of Sichuan University.MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed based on
Hongping Gong, Hongping Gong, Yan Ren, Zhenyi Li, Panpan Zha, Raju Bista, Yan Li, Dawei Chen, Yun Gao, Lihong Chen, Xingwu Ran, Chun Wang   +11 more
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Quantitative vibration perception threshold in assessing diabetic polyneuropathy: Should the cut‐off value be adjusted for Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes?

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2021
Aims/Introduction To examine the performance and identify the optimal threshold of vibration perception threshold (VPT) for diagnosing diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) in a Chinese population according to multiple definitions of DPN as gold standards ...
Min Liu, Yun Gao, Da‐Wei Chen, Shuang Lin, Chun Wang, Li‐Hong Chen, Xing‐Wu Ran   +6 more
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An atypical and bilateral presentation of Charcot foot disease

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy (CNO) is one of the most devastating complications of neuropathy in patients with diabetes. Establishing diagnosis of CNO is difficult, due to the lack of clear clinical and radiological diagnostic criteria.
C. V. Loupa, E. Meimeti, A. Kokas, E. D. Voyatzoglou, A. Donou   +4 more
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Why I hate diabetic foot

Medicine Science, 2022
In spite of being a specialist diabetic foot surgeon, I often find diabetic foot to be a disaster to patient and his family. Once he develops diabetic foot complications, then he is often faced with risk of amputation, be it major or minor. He ends up in
Amit Kumar C Jain
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Role of screening in preventing diabetic foot storm

Medicine Science, 2022
With diabetes mellitus increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, so are its complications. A dreaded and neglected complication of diabetes is diabetic foot.
Amit Kumar C Jain
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The Charcot Foot in Diabetes [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2011
The diabetic Charcot foot syndrome is a serious and potentially limb-threatening lower-extremity complication of diabetes. First described in 1883, this enigmatic condition continues to challenge even the most experienced practitioners. Now considered an inflammatory syndrome, the diabetic Charcot foot is characterized by varying degrees of bone and ...
Rogers, Lee C., Frykberg, Robert G., Armstrong, David G., Boulton, Andrew J M, Edmonds, Michael, Ha Van, Georges, Hartemann, Agnes, Game, Frances, Jeffcoate, William, Jirkovska, Alexandra, Jude, Edward, Morbach, Stephan, Morrison, William B., Pinzur, Michael, Pitocco, Dario, Sanders, Lee, Wukich, Dane K., Uccioli, Luigi, Rogers, LC, Frykberg, RG, Armstrong, DG, Van, GH, Morrison, WB, Wukich, DK   +23 more
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The association of chronic, enhanced immunosuppression with outcomes of diabetic foot infections

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2022
We investigated if a chronic, enhanced immunosuppressed condition, beyond the immunodeficiency related to diabetes, is associated with clinical failures after combined surgical and medical treatment for diabetic foot infection (DFI).
Ilker Uçkay, Madlaina Schöni, Martin C. Berli, Fabian Niggli, Emil Noschajew, Benjamin A. Lipsky, Felix W. A. Waibel   +6 more
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Successful nonsurgical therapy of a diabetic foot osteomyelitis in a patient with peripheral artery disease with almost complete radiological restoration

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Background Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common complication in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and can consequently lead to soft tissue infection and osteomyelitis.
C. V. Loupa, E. Meimeti, E. Voyatzoglou, A. Donou, E. Koutsantoniou, S. Lafoyanni   +5 more
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The Diabetic Foot

Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018

Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M., Kwee, Thomas C., Slart, Riemer H. J. A.   +2 more
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