Long-Term Prognosis of Diabetic Foot Patients and Their Limbs

Morbach, Stephan; Furchert, Heike; Gröblinghoff, Ute; Hoffmeier, Heribert; Kersten, Kerstin; Klauke, Gerd-Thomas; Klemp, U.; Roden, Thomas; Icks, Andrea; Haastert, Burkhard; Rümenapf, G.; G. Abbas, Zulfiqarali; Bharara, Manish; G. Armstrong, David

doi:10.2337/dc12-0200

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Long-Term Prognosis of Diabetic Foot Patients and Their Limbs

Published in Diabetes Care • Jul 20, 2012

Authors:

Stephan Morbach

Heike Furchert

Ute Gröblinghoff

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There is a dearth of long-term data regarding patient and limb survival in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The purpose of our study was therefore to prospectively investigate the limb and person survival of DFU patients during a follow-up period of more than 10 years. RESEARCH ...

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Medicine

Amputation

Hazard ratio

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