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ArticleActa orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica2022

Analysis of risk factors for amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a cohort study from a tertiary center.

Denizhan Demirkol, Şamil Aktaş, Tuncay Özcan, Xavier Tannier, Çiğdem Selçukcan Erol

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Article in Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Denizhan DemirkolDepartment of Computer Engineering/Division of Computer Science and Department of Management Information Systems, Söke Faculty of Business, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey.
Şamil AktaşDepartment of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Tuncay ÖzcanDepartment of Management Engineering, İstanbul Technical University, Faculty of Management, İstanbul, Turkey.
Xavier TannierSorbonne Université, Inserm, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratoire d'Informatique Médicale et d'Ingénierie des connaissances en e-Santé, LIMICS, F-75006 Paris, France.
Çiğdem Selçukcan ErolDepartment of Biology, Division of Botanic, Faculty of Science and Department of Informatics; İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Laboratoire d'Informatique Médicale et d'Ingénierie des Connaissances en e-Santé

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to analyze risk factors for amputation (overall, minor and major) in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs).

methods407 patients with DFUs (286 male, 121 female; mean age = 60, age range = 32-92) who were managed in a tertiary care centre from 2009 to 2019 were retrospectively identified and included in the study. DFUs were categorized based on the Meggit-Wagner, PEDIS, S(AD)SAD, and University of Texas (UT) classification systems. To identify amputation risk-related factors, results of patients with DFUs who underwent amputations (minor or major) were compared to those who received other adjunctive treatments using Chi-Square, oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman correlation analysis.

resultsThe mean C-reactive protein (CRP) and White Blood Cell (WBC) values were significantly higher in patients with major or minor amputation than in those without amputation. The mean Neutrophil (PNL), Platelets (PLT), wound width, creatinine and sedimentation (ESR) values were significantly higher in patients with major amputation compared to other groups of patients. Elevated levels of Highdensity lipoprotein (HDL), Hemoglobin (HGB) and albumin were determined to be protective factors against the risk of amputation. Spearman correlation analysis revealed a positive-sided, strong-levelled, significant relation between Wagner grades and amputation status of patients.

conclusionThis study has identified specific factors for major and minor amputation risk of patients with DFUs. Especially infection markers such as CRP, WBC, ESR and PNL were higher in the amputation group. Most importantly, Meggit Wagner, one of the four different classification systems used in the DFUs, was determined to be highly associated with patients' amputation risk. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Prognostic Study.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmputation, SurgicalCohort StudiesC-Reactive ProteinCreatinineFemaleHumansLipoproteinsMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsC-Reactive ProteinCreatinineLipoproteins

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