According to statistics from the United States, 3% to 4% of patients with diabetes have foot ulcers and 25% will develop them at some point in their life.
In our clinic, as well as the main diabetic foot clinics in the world, we have modified our thinking about performing limb salvage amputations. Our clinic in Diabetic Foot presents a multidisciplinary management, where we involve the different departments of Orthopedics, Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Endocrinology, Infectology, Nutrition and Psychology. Where we act in a coordinated manner to make comprehensive decisions that are more appropriate for our patients.
According to statistics from the United States, 3% to 4% of patients with diabetes have foot ulcers and 25% will develop them at some point in their life.
In our clinic, as well as the main diabetic foot clinics in the world, we have modified our thinking about performing limb salvage amputations. Our clinic in Diabetic Foot presents a multidisciplinary management, where we involve the different departments of Orthopedics, Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Endocrinology, Infectology, Nutrition and Psychology. Where we act in a coordinated manner to make comprehensive decisions that are more appropriate for our patients.