A great deal of emphasis, clinical and financial, is placed on limb salvage efforts in diabetic
patients suffering from lower extremity ulceration. This is because of the impression that …

Background Diabetic foot ulcers portend an almost twofold increase in all‐cause mortality
compared with diabetes on its own. Aim To investigate the association between diabetic foot …

Background In 2007, we reported a summary of data comparing diabetic foot complications
to cancer. The purpose of this brief report was to refresh this with the best available data as …

Objectives Possible association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and Alzheimer's disease
(AD) has been controversial. This study used a nationwide population-based dataset to …

Aims/hypothesis It is well established that diabetes mellitus increases the risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. Observational studies suggest that a …

Background Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are a common problem in longstanding diabetes.
However, mortality outcomes in Australian patients with DFU are still unclear. Methods All …

Objective Foot complications in patients with diabetes or peripheral artery disease (PAD) are
serious events in the life of these patients that often lead to amputations and mortality. No …

OBJECTIVE To compare risks of lower-extremity amputation between patients with Charcot
arthropathy and those with diabetic foot ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A …

Charcot's neuroarthropathy is a destructive complication of the joints, which is often found in
people with diabetes with peripheral neuropathy. Despite the fact that its description was …

Charcot osteoarthropathy (COA) is a potentially limbthreatening condition that mainly affects
diabetic patients with neuropathy. In everyday practice, it presents as a red, hot, swollen foot …