Amputation rate of diabetic foot ulcer and associated factors in diabetes mellitus patients admitted to Nekemte referral hospital, western Ethiopia: prospective observational study

Amputation rate of diabetic foot ulcer and associated factors in diabetes mellitus patients admitted to Nekemte referral hospital, western Ethiopia: prospective observational study

Abstract Background Diabetes foot ulcer is a devastating and much-feared complication of diabetes. Diabetes foot ulcerations which developed gangrene can take weeks or months to heal and can sometimes not heal at all so that amputation for non-traumatic causes is a frequent outcome in the diabetic f...

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Main Authors: Firomsa Bekele, Legese Chelkeba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Subjects:
Diabetes foot ulcer
Diabetes mellitus
Amputation rate
Associated factors
Nekemte referral hospital
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13047-020-00433-9

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