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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2014; 122(7): 416-424
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366455
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines
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Diabetic Foot Syndrome

S. Morbach
1   Marienkrankenhaus gGmbH, Abteilung für Diabetologie und Angiologie, Soest
,
E. Müller
2   Schwerpunktpraxis für Diabetologie und Nephrologie, KfH Nierenzentrum, Bernkastel-Kues
,
H. Reike
3   Innere Abteilung, Mariannen-Hospital Werl
,
A. Risse
4   Diabetologie, Medizinische Klinik Nord, Dortmund
,
G. Rümenapf
5   Oberrheinisches Gefäßzentrum, Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Krankenhaus, Speyer
,
M. Spraul
6   Diabetes-Zentrum Rheine, Medizinische Klinik III, (Mathias-Spital und Jakobi-Krankenhaus), Rheine
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11 July 2014 (online)

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Epidemiology

The most significant consequences of diabetic foot problems are ulcerations and amputations.

  • Between 0.8 and 10 % of all people with diabetes mellitus suffer from a foot ulcer.

  • The annual rate of new diabetic foot cases is between 2.2 and 5.9 %.

  • Germany is in the upper range of European countries with its rate of over 60 000 amputations per year. Approximately 70 % of all amputations are performed on patients with diabetes mellitus.