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Diabetic Foot

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Abstract

• Diabetic foot is a syndrome involving pain, deformation, inflammation, infection, ulceration, and tissue loss of the foot in diabetic patients. • Neuropathy, ischemia, and infection are the principal pathogenic factors. • Clinical features are neuropathic and ischemic ulcers and infection. • Diagnosis should identify and grade neuropathology, osteopathy, and vascular pathology. • Treatment involves relieving weight from the ulcerated area, treating infection, and restoring arterial perfusion.

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  1. Department of Surgery Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1650 Selwyn Avenue 4th Floor, Suite 4F, Bronx, NY, 10457, USA

    Moshe Schein (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Eaton North 9–234 Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John C. Marshall (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Vega, D., West, K., Tellado, J.M. (2003). Diabetic Foot. In: Schein, M., Marshall, J.C. (eds) Source Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55914-3_44

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