Diabetic patients with foot burns.

Abstract

We describe six patients with non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and thermal foot injury admitted to the Burn Centre in Rotterdam. They were all male with a mean age of 56.8 (range 47-63) years. The median patients' delay before admission was 27 (range 1-56) days. Five patients needed amputation. Healing of the wounds took a mean period of 9.5 (range 2-27) months. In two patients healing of the wounds took more than 1 year; these two patients also had recurrent foot burns. Neurological evaluation in four patients confirmed severe polyneuropathy and severe loss of heat pain, warmth, and cold sensation.

• Authors: S Dijkstra, M J vd Bent, H J vd Brand, J J Bakker, H Boxma, R Tjong Joe Wai, A Berghout
• Journal: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (Diabet Med) Vol. 14 Issue 12 Pg. 1080-3 (Dec 1997) ISSN: 0742-3071 [Print] England
• PMID: 9455938 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Topics

• Burns (complications, physiopathology, therapy)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (complications)
• Diabetic Foot (etiology, therapy)
• Foot Injuries (complications, physiopathology, therapy)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged