ea0056p430 | Diabetes complications | ECE2018
Canlar Sule
, Cinel Murat
, Mutlu Adile Begum Bahcecioglu
, Emral Rifat
, Bayram Dilek
, Metinarikan Nuran
, Yurdakul Birgul
, Demir Ozgur
, Corapcioglu Demet
Introduction: Diabetic foot is one of the important and destructive complications of diabetes. During the life time of a diabetic patient, the risk of developing foot ulcers is around 515%, and about 2025% of the causes of hospitalization in diabetic patients are due to foot ulcers. 4080% of foot ulcers can be infected and resulted in osteomyelitis. Hospitalization due to osteomyelitis is 12 times more in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic population....