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 …

As the prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally, secondary complications associated to
this endocrinal disorder are also ascending. Diabetic foot ulcers are potentially modifying …

Diabetes mellitus is a serious, life-long condition that is the sixth leading cause of death in
North America. Dermatologists frequently encounter patients with diabetes mellitus. Up to …

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is growing at epidemic proportions in the United States
and worldwide. Most alarming is the steady increase in type 2 diabetes, especially among …

Improving ability to predict and prevent diabetic foot ulceration is imperative because of the
high personal and financial costs of this complication. We therefore conducted a systematic …

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 …

People with diabetes develop foot ulcers because of neuropathy (sensory, motor, and
autonomic deficits), ischaemia, or both. The initiating injury may be from acute mechanical or …

Foot ulcers in diabetic patients are common but eminently preventable, and occur in both
main types of diabetes. From a global perspective, although diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are …

Background Annual foot risk assessment of people with diabetes is recommended in
national and international clinical guidelines. At present, these are consensus based and …

Information on the internal stresses/strains in the human foot and the pressure distribution at
the plantar support interface under loading is useful in enhancing knowledge on the …