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Routine bacterial culture of proximal bone specimens during minor amputation in patients with diabetes‐related foot infections has little clinical utility in predicting re‐operation or ulcer healing

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2022
Background Trans‐phalangeal and trans‐metatarsal amputation, collectively termed ‘minor amputations' are important procedures for managing infections of diabetes‐related foot ulcers (DFU).
Kimberly Voon, Uyen G. Vo, Robert Hand, Jonathan Hiew, Jens Carsten Ritter, Emma J. Hamilton, Laurens Manning   +6 more
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Long-term efficient management of diabetic foot ulcer using simultaneous foot ulcer closure and surgical off-loading

JPRAS Open, 2021
Foot deformity is one of the causes of foot ulcers. Foot ulcers often recur due to foot deformity. Foot ulcer healing alone does not reduce the risk factor of foot ulcer recurrence. The majority of foot ulcer patients, most of whom are elderly, have foot
Yuta Terabe, Nobuhito Kaneko, Keisuke Nakabayashi, Akihiro Matsui, Hiroshi Ando   +4 more
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Prevalences of diabetic foot ulcer and foot self-care practice, and associated factors in adult patients with diabetes in south-east Ethiopia

Journal of International Medical Research, 2022
Objective We aimed to assess the prevalences of foot ulcer and foot self-care practices, and identify associated factors in adult patients with diabetes attending a referral hospital in south-east Ethiopia. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study of
Wogene Negash, Tesfaye Assefa, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Anwar Tahir, Zegeye Regassa, Zegeye Feleke, Tadele Regasa, Yohannes Tekalegn, Ayele Mamo, Zinash Teferu, Damtew Solomon, Habtamu Gezahegn, Kebebe Bekele, Demisu Zenbaba, Alelign Tasew, Fikreab Desta, Daniel Atlaw, Tara Wilfong   +17 more
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The Relationship of Vitamin D Plasma Levels and Diabetic Foot Ulcer in Type 2 Diabetes [PDF]

Ain Shams Medical Journal
Background: Diabetic foot ulcer represents a crucial health issue. There are suggestions that vitamin D promotes healing in diabetic foot ulcers.Aim: We targeted to study the link of vitamin D levels with diabetic foot ulcer in type 2 diabetes patients ...
Magda Shukry, Inas Sabry, Amal Omran, Caroline Bishay   +3 more
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Relationship between Diabetic Patients' Knowledge Regarding Diabetic Foot Ulcer care and their Wound Status [PDF]

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2017
Background: Diabetic foot ulcer represents a major global medical, social and economic problem. It is the commonest major end-point of diabetic complications.
Reham Serag
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MANAGEMENT OF DIABETIC FOOT ULCER: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia, 2018
This article explores the effective management of diabetic foot ulcer. A literature review was conducted by analyzing scholar papers including systematic review, clinical and a randomized control trial published between 2000 to 2016 in the English ...
Angger Anugerah Hadi Sulistyo
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Predictors of Outcomes of Foot Ulcers among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Outpatient Foot Clinic

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2022
Objectives. To determine the risk factors for recurrence and persistence of non-healing foot ulcer  resulting in minor and major amputations,. Methodology. This was an ambispective cohort analysis of persons with diabetic foot ulcers consulting at the
Roy Raoul Felipe, Ma. Teresa Plata-Que
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Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lightweight fibreglass heel casts in the management of ulcers of the heel in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

Health Technology Assessment, 2017
Background: Ulcers of the foot in people with diabetes mellitus are slow to heal and result in considerable cost and patient suffering. The prognosis is worst for ulcers of the heel.
William Jeffcoate, Frances Game, Vivienne Turtle-Savage, Alison Musgrove, Patricia Price, Wei Tan, Lucy Bradshaw, Alan Montgomery, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Angela Farr, Thomas Winfield, Ceri Phillips   +11 more
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Qualitative Study on Lived-In Experiences of Foot Ulcer patients

Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, 2019
Background: Foot ulcer has become the most serious and costly complication, leading to possible amputation or even death. Hence the present study was undertaken with an objective to assess the lived-in experiences of foot ulcer patient at ...
Vijayalakshmi G, Debu Aryal, Princymol Ponnacahan, Angel grace Paul, Atheertha C, Haripriya Jalesh, Christeena Babu, Monisha B, Chethan Chethan, Swathishree Swathishree   +9 more
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The LeucoPatch® system in the management of hard-to-heal diabetic foot ulcers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2017
Background Diabetic foot ulcers are a common and severe complication of diabetes mellitus. Standard treatment includes debridement, offloading, management of infection and revascularisation where appropriate, although healing times may be long.
Frances Game, William Jeffcoate, Lise Tarnow, Florence Day, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Judith Jacobsen   +5 more
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