Preventing foot ulcers and amputations in diabetes
β Scribed by Gayle E Reiber; Gregory J Raugi
- Book ID
- 117290505
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 366
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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## Summary Treatment of diabetic foot ulceration is very challenging, costly and often needs to be of long duration. This leads to substantial economic burden. Populationβbased research suggests that a meaningful reduction of the incidence of amputations caused by diabetes mellitus has already been
Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common long-term complications of Type 2 diabetes. A population-based study in the north of England showed that 42 % of Type 2 diabetic patients had clinical evidence of neuropathy. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) has shown that the incide