Dr, Universidad Metropolitana, Barranquilla, Colombia
Review Article
The Diabetic Foot: A Review
Author(s): Carlos Javier VizcaÃ?Âno Guerrero*, María Alejandra Bastidas Piraquive, Edwin Leandro Sosa Saboyá, Jairo Esteban Velásquez Pedraza, Ana María Herrera Parra, Reagee Myke Arnoldth Gómez Álvarez and Edwin Alejandro Barón Muñoz
Introduction: The prevalence of diabetes continues to be a growing problem throughout
the developed world and contributes significantly to the health care burden; the fifteen
percent of all people with diabetes will develop diabetic foot ulcers. A severe diabetic foot
infection has approximately a 25% risk of ultimately requiring a major lower extremity
amputation.
Objective: To conduct a review of Diabetic foot.
Methodology: The search was performed in the databases PUBMED/MEDLINE,
EMBASE and Google Scholar with the search terms: Diabetes, Diabetic foot, Neuropathy,
Foot ulcers. We selected the most relevant studies on Diabetic foot.
Results: We provided a general description of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical
examination, classifications and treatment of Diabetic foot. Diabeti.. View More»
