Volume : 4, Issue : 8, August - 2015

CLINICAL PATTERN OF DIABETIC FOOT INFECTIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT � A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Dr. T. Mohanapriya, Dr. S. Elilnambi

Abstract :

<p>The World Health organization defines the diabetic foot as an infection, ulceration and / or destruction of deep tissues associated with neurological abnormalities and various degrees of peripheral vascular disease in the lower limb. Foot ulcers occur in approximately 15% of people with diabetes which accounts for 25% of all hospital admissions with the hospital stay being 60% longer than the stay for other causes and the risk of amputation is 15 to 40 times greater in diabetics than in others6. Taking the disease burden into consideration, the following research analysis was done in 200 Diabetic patients with foot complications admitted in the surgical wards in a tertiary care centre. The present study concludes that adequate glycemic control, appropriate antibiotic therapy and prompt slough excision &ndash; mediated deidement therapy can be the successful limb salvage programme in nearly 93.5% of the diabetic foot cases.</p>