Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers and their risk factors among patients attending the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Genetics (Amman, Jordan). Materials and Methods: A systematic random sample of 1,000 diabetic patients was selected from patients attending the diabetes clinic at the National Center for Diabetes, Endo...

Aims/Objectives People with diabetes are at a significantly increased risk of foot ulceration, infection, and lower extremity amputation. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network1 (SIGN) published guidelines on the care and management of foot complications in patients with diabetes in 2010. Little data is available on the extent to which these guidelines have been implemented, or on the ...

D iabetic foot ulceration is a serious and expensive complication with considerable morbidity that affects up to 15% of diabetic patients during their lifetime; moreover, 80% of amputations are preceded by foot ulcers (1). Despite these facts, Mason et al. (2) concluded in their systematic review of treatments for foot lesions that the evidence base for treatments is poor. Furthermore, they cri...

T he title of this editorial originates from an article in the " Herald Tribune " from 1889 entitled " Think of the Feet, " which stated that the human foot is cruelly oppressed in the civilized world. It remarked that shoes were made too tight and " in utter defiance of the shape of the foot, " resulting in " the foot being outraged from morning till night. " Readers of Diabetes Care in the ne...

In patients with long-standing, poorly controlled diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, a red, hot, swollen foot without open ulceration should raise the suspicion of Charcot neuroarthropathy, an often-overlooked diabetic foot complication. The authors discuss key diagnostic features and how to differentiate this condition from cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and other conditions. They review key elem...

The purpose of this study is to identify and quantify the neurovascular risk factors for foot problems in patients with diabetes mellitus, which is a major public health concern these days. The most feared factor among the diabetic patients is lower extremity amputation. The sequence of events leading to amputation is initiated by ulceration combined with sensation loss. To prevent complication...

OBJECTIVE To separately evaluate peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and foot ulcer and amputation history in a diabetic foot risk classification to predict foot complications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We evaluated 1,666 diabetic patients for 27.2 +/- 4.2 months. Patients underwent a detailed foot assessment and were followed at regular intervals. We used a modified version of the...

Background Diabetic foot is an invalidating complication of diabetes mellitus that can lead to foot ulceration and amputations. While experimental analyses are limited solely to measurements of interfacial variables, three-dimensional (3D) patient specific finite element models (FEMs) of the foot can provide both the interfacial pressures and insight into internal stresses and strains tolerated...

INTRODUCTION This study was designed to evaluate the histopathological features of skin microvasculature in patients with a diabetic foot, specifically the number of blood vessels, number of endothelial cells and endothelial thickness. METHODS This study involved 41 diabetic foot patients admitted to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia for surgical management of foot problems. Skin biopsies we...

BACKGROUND Foot complications are common in diabetic patients and are considered one of the most expensive diabetes (DM) complications to treat. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for foot complications among diabetic patients in Al-Ain district, United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS The study was part of a general cross-sectional survey carried out to assess...