ArticleInternational wound journal2019
Impact of multidisciplinary foot care team on outcome of diabetic foot ulcer in term of lower extremity amputation at a tertiary care unit in Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Health service organisation impact on lower extremity amputations in people with type 2 diabetes with foot ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta diabetologica · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of multidisciplinary teams to reduce major amputations for patients with diabetic foot ulcers.Journal of vascular surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Benefits of Multi-Disciplinary Limb Preservation Teams.Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery · 2026Review
- A randomized controlled trial of patient navigators for post-hospital discharge diabetic foot ulcer care: the Comprehensive Assistance and Resources for Effective Diabetic Foot Navigation (CARE-D-Foot-Nav) study protocol.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Outcome of diabetic foot ulcers at a Tertiary Care Foot Centre in Pakistan.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Clinical Study on the treatment of chronic infectious ulcers using Platelet-Rich technology combined with moist dressings.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Predictors of limb saving in diabetic foot ulcer.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Development and validation of an interprofessional collaborative educational module on the self-management of foot for individuals with type II diabetes mellitus in India.F1000Research · 2024Article
- Development of the Italian clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome: design and methodological aspects.Acta diabetologica · 2023Article
- Establishment of Japan's First "Podiatry Medicine Center" in a University Hospital.Juntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal · 2022Article
- Impact of multidisciplinary foot care team on outcome of diabetic foot ulcer in term of lower extremity amputation at a tertiary care unit in Karachi, Pakistan.International wound journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
To compare the outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) in terms of healing and lower extremity amputation (LEA) rate before and after training of multidisciplinary foot care team (MDFCT). Subjects were categorised into two groups; Group-A cases seen between 1997 and 2006 (before upgrading of training and services of MDFCT) and Group-B cases seen between 2007 and 2016 (after upgrading of training and services of MDFCT). Baseline demographic characteristics, biochemical results, and outcomes of DFU in terms of healing or amputation were analysed by using statistical package social science (SPSS) version 20. Total 7994 DFU cases seen, 888 in group A and 7106 in group B. Mean age of patients was 53.80 ± 10.40 years and mean haemoglobin (HbA1c) was 10.12 ± 2.44. Overall, decreasing trends of amputations were observed from baseline 27.5% to 3.92% during the period of 20 years. In group A, 479 (78.8%) subjects healed completely compared with 3806 (89.1%) in group B. Significant reduction in toe amputations ([13.81%] vs [8.11%]) and below knee amputations [(5.26%) vs (1.82%)] were seen. Similarly, rates of above knee amputation ([1.80%] vs [0.35%] P-value 0.008) in two groups was also significant. Significant improvement was observed in outcomes of DFU in terms of amputation through multidisciplinary team approach.
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