The surgical management of diabetic foot.

ABSTRACT

Diabetes has proved itself a silent killer disease. Today in the world maximum numbers of the patients are suffering from this disease, and moreover they are passing through the associations of the complications too. In present study 50 cases of diabetic foot surgically managed has been studied at teaching institute in department of surgery. The limb was preserved in 35 out of 50 cases. 15 out of 50 cases despite of proper medical management and repeated debridement had to undergo local amputation-B\K amputation-A/K amputation. This was done to save the patients. It is concluded that we should be able to save 100% limbs in diabetic foot and no amputations provided.