Diabetic foot ulceration is a devastating complication of diabetes that is associated with
infection, amputation, and death, and is affecting increasing numbers of patients with …

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the most costly and devastating complication of diabetes
mellitus, which affect 15% of diabetic patients during their lifetime. Based on National …

Abstract The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) has published
evidence‐based guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetic foot disease …

Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot
infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all …

Background Diabetes mellitus continues to grow in global prevalence and to consume an
increasing amount of health care resources. One of the key areas of morbidity associated …

Background Footwear and offloading techniques are commonly used in clinical practice for
preventing and healing of foot ulcers in persons with diabetes. The goal of this systematic …

The majority of dermal wounds are colonized with aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms
that originate predominantly from mucosal surfaces such as those of the oral cavity and gut …

Aims/hypothesis Outcome data on individuals with diabetic foot ulcers are scarce, especially
in those with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). We therefore examined the clinical …

Aims/hypothesis Large clinical studies describing the typical clinical presentation of diabetic
foot ulcers are limited and most studies were performed in single centres with the possibility …

A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus has an asymptomatic plantar ulcer on the
left foot that remains unhealed after four months. The ulcer measures 2 by 1 cm and is …