New Strategies for Preventing and Healing Diabetic Foot
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New therapeutic approaches have emerged for preventing diabetic foot ulcers and promoting their healing. Unlike macroangiopathic complications (such as ischemic heart disease and stroke) and renal complications, foot ulcers are a diabetic complication for which there has been very little therapeutic progress over the past 20 years. Foot ulcers are a particularly serious complication. If preventive measures are not adequately implemented, 5 to 10 diabetic patients in 100 will end up needing a lower limb amputation.
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@sajjan Podiatric prevention consists of trying to stop the occurrence of an ulcer for patients at risk, most often those with peripheral neuropathy. Bourron presented a pair of devices that work together to detect areas of the foot at risk even before the ulcer occurs.