[The diabetic foot. The Croatian model--national consensus (clinical recommendations for diagnosis, prevention and therapy)].

Diabetic foot occurs due to the loss of protective sense and circulation disorder and a marked proneness to infections. Mechanical stress of bone growths frequently leads to ulcerations. The prevention and timely treatment of diabetic foot requires the participation of both patients and all health care levels.

[Degenerative changes in the sacroiliac joint in persons with amputations of the thigh and biomechanical disorders of gait].

In order to evaluate degenerative changes with amputated persons' sacroiliacal joints--upper leg amputations, 20 male subjects aging 31-57 years and a control group of 56 subjects with no amputation were tested. Changes evaluation was confirmed by a radiologic and scintigraphic result. Changes were observed after amputation-0 level 6 months' walk with an artificial limb.

[Changes in the lumbar vertebrae in patients with diabetes].

Lumbar spine changes were studied in two groups of subjects. Group 1 included 35 diabetic patients, and Group 2 35 non-diabetic patients. Lumbar spine frequency of changes, distribution of subjects and frequency of changes according to age and sex were studied in both groups.