Diabetic foot ulcers are associated with significant morbidity, lengthy hospital admissions and readmissions, and mortality, Australian research shows.
A retrospective study examined 564 Victorian hospital admissions between 2016 and 2018 from 338 patients with diabetic foot ulcers as the major presenting diagnosis.
The results, published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, showed that 50% of ulcers were managed conservatively, 44% resulted in a minor amputation and 6.2% resulted in a major amputation.
Of those treated conservatively on their first admission, 40% were readmitted at least once and often requiring surgery.
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