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Case Reports
. 1997 Dec;14(12):1080-3.
doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199712)14:12<1080::AID-DIA496>3.0.CO;2-N.

Diabetic patients with foot burns

S Dijkstra  1 , M J vd Bent, H J vd Brand, J J Bakker, H Boxma, R Tjong Joe Wai, A Berghout
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Diabetic patients with foot burns

S Dijkstra et al. Diabet Med. 1997 Dec.

Abstract

We describe six patients with non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and thermal foot injury admitted to the Burn Centre in Rotterdam. They were all male with a mean age of 56.8 (range 47-63) years. The median patients' delay before admission was 27 (range 1-56) days. Five patients needed amputation. Healing of the wounds took a mean period of 9.5 (range 2-27) months. In two patients healing of the wounds took more than 1 year; these two patients also had recurrent foot burns. Neurological evaluation in four patients confirmed severe polyneuropathy and severe loss of heat pain, warmth, and cold sensation.

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