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Issues with Diabetic Foot Ulceration

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  • Abdulrazzaq Alobaid

    (Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization, Kuwait)

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Diabetic foot problems, such as ulcerations, infections, and gangrene, are the most common cause of hospitalization among diabetic patients. More than 80,000 amputations are performed each year on diabetic patients in the United States, and ∼ 50% of the people with amputations will develop ulcerations and infections in the contralateral limb within 18 months. An alarming 58% will have a contralateral amputation 3-5 years after the first amputation. In addition, the 3-year mortality after a first amputation has been estimated as high as 20-50%, and these numbers have not changed much in the past 30 years, despite huge advances in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with diabetes.

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  • Abdulrazzaq Alobaid, 2017. "Issues with Diabetic Foot Ulceration," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(1), pages 39-41, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:5:y:2017:i:1:p:39-41
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.05.555659
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