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Lessons from Eurodiale
Author(s) -
Schaper N. C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.307
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1520-7560
pISSN - 1520-7552
DOI - 10.1002/dmrr.2266
Subject(s) - diabetic foot , observational study , amputation , medicine , scope (computer science) , diabetes mellitus , family medicine , foot (prosody) , physical therapy , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language , endocrinology
Abstract The European Study Group on Diabetes and the Lower Extremity is a collaborative, multi‐disciplinary network of 14 centres from ten countries. In 2003–2004, all patients treated in the participating centres because of a new diabetic foot ulcer ( n = 1232) were included in a prospective observational study. Subjects attended follow‐up visits on a monthly basis until final outcome: healing of the foot, lower‐leg amputation, death or non‐healing after 1 year. During all visits, data were recorded on standardized case record forms by investigators who were trained during several plenary meetings and on‐site visits. Unique aspects of the study were its size, the pan‐European scope and the integrated/holistic approach for a multi‐organ disease. In this review, the main findings of the study and its implications for diabetic foot care are discussed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.