Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Jul 1997

Screening techniques to identify the diabetic patient at risk of ulceration

LR Simeone Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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A Veves Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-87-7-313
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Foot problems are common in diabetic patients, with neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease being the main causative factors. Identification of high-risk feet can be accomplished by using basic clinical skills and simple equipment. Limb amputation is the most preventable of the long-term diabetes complications and a multidisciplinary approach can achieve a dramatic reduction of major limb amputations.

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