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Foot ulcer and osteomyelitis [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006
![Figure][1] No caption available. A 31-year-old man from northern Ontario had acute swelling, purpura and pain in his left lateral forefoot region, which increased progressively over 10 weeks until he became bedridden.
John M, Embil, John L, Wiens, Mark, Oppenheimer, Elly, Trepman   +3 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical microbiology study of diabetic foot ulcer in Iran; pathogens and antibacterial susceptibility [PDF]

, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate microbial pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility profile in infected diabetic foot ulcers in Iranian patients.
Hayatshahi, A., Heshmat, R., Nikoo, M.K., Qorbani, M., Rouhipour, N., Yazdi, N.M.   +5 more
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Predictors of barefoot plantar pressure during walking in patients with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy and a history of ulceration [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVE:Elevated dynamic plantar foot pressures significantly increase the risk of foot ulceration in diabetes mellitus. The aim was to determine which factors predict plantar pressures in a population of diabetic patients who are at high-risk of foot ...
Barn, Ruth, Bus, Sicco A., Nollet, Frans, Waaijman, Roelof, Woodburn, James   +4 more
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Diabetic Foot Ulcers

JAMA, 2019
Diabetic foot ulcers are an underappreciated leading cause of the global burden of disease. A key to reducing this burden is not only healing them, but also preventing their recurrence and prolonging remission. Diabetic foot ulcers are common, complex and costly and a leading cause of Australia’s morbidity and mortality burdens.Reasons for this include
Lazzarini, Peter, Fernando, Malindu, Van Netten, Jaap   +2 more
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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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Amputation rate of diabetic foot ulcer and associated factors in diabetes mellitus patients admitted to Nekemte referral hospital, western Ethiopia: prospective observational study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2020
Background Diabetes foot ulcer is a devastating and much-feared complication of diabetes. Diabetes foot ulcerations which developed gangrene can take weeks or months to heal and can sometimes not heal at all so that amputation for non-traumatic causes is
Firomsa Bekele, Legese Chelkeba
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Clinical and histopathological responses to bee venom phonophoresis in treating venous and diabetic ulcers: a single-blind randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionChronic venous and diabetic ulcers are hard to treat that cause patients long time of suffering as well as significant healthcare and financial costs.PurposeThe conducted study was to evaluate the efficacy of bee venom (BV) phonophoresis on ...
Eman M. Othman, Hamada Ahmed Hamada, Ghada I. Mohamed, Ghada A. Abdallah, Zeinab S. Ahmed, Abdullah M. Al-Shenqiti, Ahmed Mahmoud Kadry   +6 more
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