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Diabetic Foot Surgery

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The diabetic foot remains the most common reason for hospitalisation amongst persons with diabetes in the developed and the developing world [1]. With an incidence of up to 68 per 1000 persons with diabetes per year, diabetic foot wounds are exceedingly common and this trend appears to be on the rise [2].The aetiology of the classic non-infected, non-ischemic neuropathic diabetic foot wound is essentially a pressure-activity imbalance. When discussing the pressure side of this equation, one may modulate this variable externally, through offloading modalities or braces, or internally, through surgical intervention.

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  1. Service des Brûles, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 391 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34255, Montpellier Cedex, France

    Luc Téot (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, OX2 8HE, Oxford, Oxon, UK

    Paul E. Banwell BSc MB BS FrCS

  3. Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Josef-Schneider-Str.2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Ulrich E. Ziegler

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Armstrong, D.G. (2004). Diabetic Foot Surgery. In: Téot, L., Banwell, P.E., Ziegler, U.E. (eds) Surgery in Wounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59307-9_35

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