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Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]
, 2013 Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common and disabling, giving rise to significant morbidity and mortality as well as worldwide socioeconomic problems. Despite treatment, DFUs readily become chronic wounds and may lead to major lower limb amputations.
Ho, TK, Leigh, RD, Tsui, J
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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 +6 more
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Social Aspects of Diabetic Foot: A Scoping Review
The social science, 2022 Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a severe complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients with DFU have increased mortality and morbidity as well as decreased quality of life (QoL). The present scoping review aims to study the social issues of diabetic foot.
D. Costa +9 more
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Current Opinion in Orthopedics, 1994 A comprehensive program focused on foot-specific patient education, skin and nail care, and protective footwear lowers the incidence of diabetic foot ulcers and lower extremity amputations. Orthopedic or podiatric consultations are warranted for those "at risk" or with foot ulcers.
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QJM, 2008 Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions and with it carries the risk of complications. Disease of the foot is among one of the most feared complications of diabetes. The ultimate endpoint of diabetic foot disease is amputation, which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, besides having immense social, psychological and financial ...
M P, Khanolkar, S C, Bain, J W, Stephens
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Hemorheological Failure in the Pathology of Cardio-vascular Complications in Patients with Diabetic Foot Syndrome [PDF]
, 2016 The literature that includes the study of cardiovascular complications in patients with diabetic foot syndrome was analyzed. The topicality of this problem is caused by the steady growth of diabetes mellitus morbidity among people.
Кorobko, Е. (Еlina)
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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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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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Scientific Reports, 2021 Studies have suggested that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is effective in the healing of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU); however, there is a lack of consensus.
Rakesh Sharma +4 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 +4 more
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