ReviewBMC surgery2014
Treatment of the diabetic foot - to amputate or not?
Review in BMC surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does exercise improve healing of diabetic foot ulcers? A systematic review.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-analysis on the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with autologous stem cells.Stem cell research & therapy · 2017Pooled it
- Clinical Classification of the Diabetic Foot Syndrome Adapted to ICD-10 as a Solution to the Problem of Diagnostics, Statistics and Standardisation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Trial
- External fixation versus amputation in the treatment of ulcerated diabetic foot: a cost-utility analysis using real-world data and a discrete-event simulation model.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2026Article
- A longitudinal profiling of microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers shows functional role of microbial communities in wound worsening and chronicity.Current research in microbial sciences · 2026Article
- Vanillin Enhances Photobiomodulation Wound Healing by Modulating Glyco-Oxidative Stress and Glucose Dysmetabolism in Diabetic Wounded Fibroblast Cells.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Wound Healing in Diabetic Foot Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Impacts of stem cells from different sources on wound healing rate in diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Review
- Amputation versus circular external fixation in the treatment of diabetic foot with osteomyelitis: a cost and quality-of-life analysis.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Concordance of bone culture and deep tissue culture during the operation of diabetic foot osteomyelitis and clinical characteristics of patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Article
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- Medial Arterial Calcification and the Risk of Amputation of Diabetic Foot Ulcer in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cutaneous Wound Healing in Non-Diabetic and Diabetic Model of Adult Zebrafish Using OCT Angiography.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Distribution of Causative Microorganisms in Diabetic Foot Infections: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Malaysia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The SHID wound classification system for diabetic foot ulcer patients: a validity study.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
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- Re-amputation and survival following toe amputation: outcome data from a tertiary referral centre.Irish journal of medical science · 2022Article
- Machine Learning-Based Diabetic Neuropathy and Previous Foot Ulceration Patients Detection Using Electromyography and Ground Reaction Forces during Gait.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cognitive disorder and dementia in type 2 diabetes mellitus.World journal of diabetes · 2022Review
- Ray Amputation in a Traumatic Diabetic Foot.Cureus · 2022Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundDiabetic foot infections are a frequent clinical problem. About 50% of patients with diabetic foot infections who have foot amputations die within five years. Properly managed most can be cured, but many patients needlessly undergo amputations because of improper diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. DISCUSSION: The article debates the pros and cons of amputation of the diabetic foot. The thesis is that if the guidelines on the management of the diabetic foot are followed primary amputation is only necessary for the unsalvageable diabetic foot. This approach would reduce the incidence of lower limb amputations in diabetic patients. SUMMARY: We favour the argument that a structured clinical and vascular assessment would help clinical decision- making as to which patients to hospitalize, which to send for imaging, or for whom to recommend surgical interventions. Endovascular procedures are the future in the treatment of diabetic arterial disease and hence the diabetic foot.
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