Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are common diseases among middle-aged and elderly persons. Aim of our study was to assess the influence of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) on the severity of pain in OA in patients with concomitant T2DM.Methods: 80 female patients with OA of the knee joints in combination with T2DM were examined. The severity of gonarthrosis were assessed by Lequesne index (IL) (version 1997) using a val...

Purpose: To assess the influence of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) on the course of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) of the lower limbs in patients with combined pathology.Methods: 40 patients with CVI of the lower limbs in combination with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 were examined. DPN was diagnosed in 34 patients - group 1, 6 patients had no DPN - group 2. The diagnosis of CVI was established according to the international classification of CEAP. Th...