Amongst the many other chronic complications, diabetes can cause impaired wound healing and, with it, increased morbidity. Up to 25% of all patients with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer and, each year in Australia, approximately 3000 persons with diabetes require amputation secondary to foot ulceration 1. The essential components of diabetic foot ulcer treatment include increasing blood supp...

Background: This study attempted to determine the disease burden in terms of clinical profile and outcome of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) admissions at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. Methods: In this descriptive study, the data were collected from the medical record of diabetic patients with foot ulcer who were treated in Dr. Kariadi General Hospital during a 3-year period. The ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to determine the mode of presentation, medical and surgical treatment in diabetic foot. METHODS Medical notes of 34 diabetic patients admitted to King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah from June 1997 to June 1999 with diabetic foot were studied retrospectively. Collection of demographic data, mode of presentation, investigations, medical treatment (ant...

BACKGROUND Diabetic foot is a common complication of diabetes world over. We conducted this study to determine common microbiological pathogens in Diabetic Foot Infections (DFI) at a tertiary care hospital and their management. METHODS In this observational study deep wound swabs of all admitted diabetic patients were taken, pathogens isolated, antibiotic used and its response depending on co...

BACKGROUND The purpose of our study was to determine the efficacy of a management algorithm that includes negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in diabetic feet with limb-threatening infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-five septic diabetic feet were treated with NPWT between 2006 and 2008. After emergent abscess evacuation, early vascular intervention was performed if necessary. Debrideme...

Diabetic foot ulcers are a common manifestation of lesions on the diabetic foot, syndrome acquired as long-term complication diabetes mellitus. Accompanying neuropathy and vascular damage promote acquisition pressure injuries tissue death due to ischaemia. Affected areas prone infections, hindering healing progress. The research at hand investigates an approach classification infection ischaemi...

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer is a well-documented complication of uncontrolled diabetes and its association with the variables involved in Diabetes like FBS, RBS HBA1C has been thoroughly researched. This research aims to identify diabetic under Wagner classification classes. Objectives were determine severity at various level association. Methods: A observational cross-sectional study 160 p...

BACKGROUND This randomized, prospective, multicenter, open-label study was designed to test whether a topical, electrolyzed, superoxidized solution (Microcyn Rx) is a safe and effective treatment for mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers. METHODS Sixty-seven patients with ulcers were randomized into three groups. Patients with wounds irrigated with Microcyn Rx alone were compared with patients...

BACKGROUND Diabetic foot infections are a frequent clinical problem. About 50% of patients with diabetic foot infections who have foot amputations die within five years. Properly managed most can be cured, but many patients needlessly undergo amputations because of improper diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. DISCUSSION The article debates the pros and cons of amputation of the diabetic fo...

As the domestic and international incidence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome continues to rise, health care providers need to continue improving management of the long-term complications of the disease. Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for diabetic foot infections are increasingly commonplace, and a like-minded multidisciplinary team approach is needed to optimize patient c...