Basics of foot care and limb salvage of the diabetic foot

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  • TANAKA Rica
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine

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  • 糖尿病足病変のフットケアから下肢救済治療の基本

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<p>In order to extend healthy life expectancy, it is necessary to protect one’s healthy feet. Foot care is an effort to prevent aggravation of foot disease by proper assessment and detecting the abnormality at an early stage. Currently, an amputation is performed every 30 seconds in the world, and most of them are in diabetic patients. Most diabetic patients have some kind of foot problem, and about 25% of them develop foot ulcers, which will eventually lead to amputation of the lower limbs when all treatment modalities are exhausted. By practicing appropriate foot care, limb amputation can be prevented. In this section, we will introduce the appropriate foot care for diabetic foot lesions, and their diagnosis to treatment.</p>

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