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. 2023 Jan;135(Suppl 1):164-181.
doi: 10.1007/s00508-023-02167-7. Epub 2023 Apr 20.

[Diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot syndrome (update 2023)]

[Article in German]
Gerd Köhler  1   2 , Marlies Eichner  3 , Heidemarie Abrahamian  4 , Markus Kofler  5 , Wolfgang Sturm  6 , Anja Menzel  7
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[Diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot syndrome (update 2023)]

[Article in German]
Gerd Köhler et al. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2023 Jan.

Abstract
in English, German

These are the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot.The position statement summarizes characteristic clinical symptoms and techniques for diagnostic assessment of diabetic neuropathy, including the complex situation of the diabetic foot syndrome. Recommendations for the therapeutic management of diabetic neuropathy, especially for the control of pain in sensorimotor neuropathy, are provided. The needs to prevent and treat diabetic foot syndrome are summarized.

Der Begriff der diabetischen Neuropathie ist eine Sammelbezeichnung für Erkrankungen des peripheren Nervensystems die als Spätkomplikation des Diabetes mellitus auftreten.Die Leitlinienempfehlungen beschreiben die klinischen Symptome und diagnostischen Möglichkeiten, sowie die Therapiemaßnahmen insbesondere bei der schmerzhaften Form der sensomotorischen Neuropathie, einschließlich der komplexen Problematik des diabetischen Fußes.

Keywords: Diabetic foot; Diabetic neuropathy.

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