Definitive surgical treatment for diabetic forefoot ulcer

Authors

  • M. K. Rajendran Department of Plastic Surgery, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20185030

Keywords:

Forefoot ulcer, Head and neck of metatarsal bone excision, Recurrence, Surgical management

Abstract

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers are common among 15% of the diabetic population, at one stage of life that may progress to minor or major amputation, because of not healing with all modalities of the treatment. Since recurrent rate is >90%. But the surgical treatment of the forefoot ulcer so-called surgery offloading will heal the ulcer within a short time and prevent minor of major amputation. The purpose of this study was to compare different outcome measures in the audit of the management of diabetic foot ulcers.

Methods: Totally 20 diabetic patients were included in the study. The study was conducted in the department of plastic surgery, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, from 2016-2018. Followed 20 patients with a surgical procedure called surgical offloading is by removing pressure element in head and neck of metatarsal bone involved.

Results: Among the 20 patients wound healed, in about 12 patients within 4 to 5 week and its remaining 5 patients wound healed in 5 to 6 weeks are in other 2 patients it takes. More than 6 weeks to heal. We followed the patients for the past 1 year, out of 20 patients, 2 patients have developed an ulcer in another site, not the same site. In all other patients wound healed completely without any recurrence.

Conclusions: In our study reducing the foot pressure by doing an excision of head and neck metatarsal surgically will completely remove the foot pressure over the ulcer site that helps to heal the ulcer without recurrence.

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2018-11-28

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