If this is not your name, click here. Other Ophthalmic Surgery Organ Transplantation Orthopaedics Other Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Otitis Otorhino. The guidelines appear as a supplement to the current issue of The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery . The College's new guidelines are intended for podiatrists, primary-care physicians, vascular surgeons and other medical specialists who treat diabetic patients. In the US, an estimated 800,000 new cases of foot ulcers occur every year, and 86,000 diabetic patients undergo foot amputations.
Ulcers are the leading cause of lower extremity amputations.
As a result, the diabetic foot guidelines urge practitioners to examine their patients' feet during every office visit. Diabetes can hamper multiple organs, circulation and metabolism and often requires treatment by several specialists. Any question regarding a medical diagnosis, treatment, referral, drug availability or pricing should be directed to either a licensed physician or to the product's manufacturer. All rights reserved.