Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2015
Abstract
Foot wounds are common problem in people with diabetes and now constitute the most frequent diabetes-related cause of hospitalization. Diabetic foot infections cause substantial morbidity and at least one in five results in a lower extremity amputation.
They are are now the predominant proximate trigger for lower extremity amputations worldwide. One in five diabetic wounds present clinical signs of infection at primomanifestation.
About 80 % of limb non-threating wounds can be succesfully healed using appropriate and comprehensive approach, including antimicrobial therapy, revascularisation and off-loading.