Reducing amputations at a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic in London

• Autores: Jonathan Valabhji
• Localización: Diabetic Foot Journal, ISSN 1462-2041, Vol. 14, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 63-70
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The St Mary’s Hospital site of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in West London is home to a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic. In this article, the clinic’s Consultant reports some of the team’s achievements, including a reduction in diabetes-related amputation and the establishment of a successful care pathway for the conservative management of neuropathic ulceration complicated by osteomyelitis. The difficulties (and some methods for overcoming them) of calculating diabetes-related amputation rates in the London population are described.