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DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETIC FOOT
OSTEOMYELITIS
Recommendations include:
Tests, culture samples, bone biopsy
Management of the
Diabetic Foot
PREVENTION
Recommendations include:
Annual foot inspections,education, customized footwear
WOUND CARE
Recommendations include:
Frequent evaluation, dressing products,
cellular and hyperbaric oxygen therapy
PAD AND DFU
Recommendations include:
Revascularization by either surgical
bypass or endovascular therapy, testing
FROM THE "MANAGEMENT OF THE DIABETIC FOOT"
• Diabetes is one of the leading causes of chronic disease and limb loss worldwide.
• Approximately 80% of diabetes-related lower-extremity amputations are preceded
by a foot ulcer.
The Management of Diabetic Foot: A Clinical Practice Guideline
by the Society for Vascular Surgery in Collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical
Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine.
For all recommendations, see
www.vsweb.org/diabeticfoot
A Clinical Practice Guideline
Recommendation Highlights:
OFF-LOADING
Recommendations include:
Use of total contact cast or irremovable fixed
ankle walking boot, other specialized footwear