Diabetisches Fußsyndrom – Teil 1. Definition, Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik und Klassifikation

Rümenapf G, Morbach S, Rother U, Uhl C, Görtz H, Böckler D, Behrendt C, Hochlenert D, Engels G, Sigl M (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Abstract

There are ca. 8 million persons with diabetes mellitus living in Germany. A late sequelae of diabetes is the diabetic foot syndrome (DFS), the prevalence of which is greatly increasing. It comprises all alterations of the foot as a result of diabetic polyneuropathy as well as microvascular and macrovascular (peripheral arterial occlusive disease, PAOD) alterations. Many of the ca. 250,000 newly diagnosed diabetic foot ulcers per year become chronic wounds. Despite intensive efforts for prevention, early diagnosis and adequate wound care, ca. 13,000 persons with diabetes undergo major limb amputation in Germany every year. With consistent treatment in interdisciplinary centers and by exhausting all possible methods of wound treatment, pressure relief as well as arterial revascularization, the major amputation rate in patients with diabetic foot problems can be reduced by 80%. With a suitable strategy of prevention, the recurrence rate of foot ulcers would be reduced.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ulrich Rother Department of Vascular Surgery

Involved external institutions

Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Krankenhaus Speyer

Germany (DE) St. Bonifatius Hospital

Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Mannheim

Germany (DE)

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APA:

Rümenapf, G., Morbach, S., Rother, U., Uhl, C., Görtz, H., Böckler, D.,... Sigl, M. (2020). Diabetisches Fußsyndrom – Teil 1. Definition, Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik und Klassifikation. Chirurg. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-020-01301-9

MLA:

Rümenapf, G., et al. "Diabetisches Fußsyndrom – Teil 1. Definition, Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik und Klassifikation." Chirurg (2020).

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