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Radiographic Changes of the Diabetic Foot

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Foot infections are among the most common causes of hospitalization in the diabetic population, accounting for 20% of all diabetes-related admissions. Complicated foot infections may require treatment by amputation as many as 6–10% of all diabetic patients will undergo amputation for treatment of infection (1–3), accounting for 57% of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations (4–6). The scope of the problem is compelling. Infections and complicated vascular diabetic foot problems result in 50,000 amputations a year in the United States (7). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the annual treatment cost of amputees within this group at $1.2 billion for the year 1997. However, this figure does not include the cost of rehabilitation, prosthetic devices, or lost income (8). These treatment costs are likely to escalate, as the prevalence of diabetes is on the rise. The latest epidemiology study shows an increase of the overall prevalence of diabetes from 4.9% in 1990 to 6.5% in 1998 (9).

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Cheung, Y., Hochman, M., Brophy, D. (2002). Radiographic Changes of the Diabetic Foot. In: Veves, A., Giurini, J.M., LoGerfo, F.W. (eds) The Diabetic Foot. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-168-8_10

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