Analysis of Stump Complications Following Major Amputation in Diabetic Foot Complications using Amit Jain’s Principle and Practice for Diabetic Foot
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Diabetic foot is a known devastating complication of diabetes. It is known to be associated with lower extremity amputation. Major amputation is associated with a variety of complications at stump. Around 43.75% of the patients develop stump complications after major amputation for diabetic foot complications. As high as 78.6% of these patient with stump complications suffered from Type 1 diabetic foot complications with diabetic foot abscess being the commonest type 1 diabetic foot complications. 5 patients [35.7%] with stump complications had debridement prior to major amputation being performed. Majority of the patients [35.71%] belonged to high risk category and amputation inevitable category each. 28.57% of the patients with stump complications underwent revision surgeries. This studies for the first time studies the stump complication through the new Amit Jain’s principle and Practice of diabetic foot. Keywords: Diabetic foot, Amit Jain, Scoring, Grading, Stump
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Amit Kumar C Jain, Viswanath S
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