Diabetic foot burns: a case series.

Burn injury in diabetic patients has been a recent topic of interest in published studies. Previous studies have shown increased complications in diabetic patients compared with nondiabetic controls who have sustained these injuries. A paucity of research has been devoted to foot-specific diabetic burn injury.

Reamputation after minor foot amputation in diabetic patients: risk factors leading to limb loss.

The prevalence of lower extremity reamputation in diabetic patients has been well-documented. We sought to determine the risk factors for major lower extremity amputation (LEA) after minor foot amputation in diabetic patients. We studied 163 diabetic patients who had undergone an initial minor foot amputation and then had undergone at least 1 subsequent major or minor LEA.

Rate of residual osteomyelitis after partial foot amputation in diabetic patients: a standardized method for evaluating bone margins with intraoperative culture.

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of residual osteomyelitis after different foot amputations in diabetic patients with a standardized method of determining a clean bone margin. This retrospective observational pilot study evaluated 27 diabetic patients who had a forefoot amputation (toe, partial ray, or transmetatarsal) for osteomyelitis at our institution from January 1, 2010, to August 1, 2011. A standardized method was used intraoperatively to determine if bone margins were negative for residual osteomyelitis.