HAND PROBLEMS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

This present study was conducted on 436 diabetic patients, hand disorders were detected in 135 patients (180 hands). The incidence of Dupuytren’s contracture was the highest 34%, carpal tunnel syndrome was diagnosed in 21% of the patients, flexor tenosynovitis in 19%, limited joint mobility in about 15%, hand infections in 10%, tumors in less than 1%, and more than one hand abnormality observed in the same patient in 15% of the diabetics. The results of this article present the prevalence of each hand condition in this common disease in our department.