Clinical Study of Diabetic Foot with Different Treatment Modalities

Introduction: Diabetic foot is complex, chronic wounds, which have a major long-term impact on the morbidity, mortality, and quality of patients’ lives. Material and Method: Hospital based prospective study. 50 patients reporting to the Surgery dept. within study duration and eligible as per inclusion criteria will be included in the study. Results: Maximum 30% patients were treated through debridement of Diabetic foot whereas 20% patients received Slough Excision, Dressing & Skin graft and Toe Amputation as treatment modality. 18% patients were treated by I&D. amputation was the least used treatment modality. Conclusion: Diabetes Mellitus is a lifelong disease and diabetic foot complications can be life threatening, physically incapacitating, costly to treat and result in extensive morbidity.