Background and Aims Diabetic patients reportedly have a higher incidence of peptic ulcer disease. The aim of this study was to investigate if type II diabetic patients have higher risk of ...

People with diabetes are more at risk of ulcers if they put too much pressure on this part — known as the metatarsal area — than on the heel, because the soft tissue in this area is more prone ...

The demographic data of the diabetes and control groups were shown in Table 1. Of the 16 925 cases included, 5699 were in the type II diabetic group, and 11 226 were in the control group.

A hospital trust is one of only a handful in the country offering routine limb-saving plastic surgery for diabetic patients suffering from foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers affect more than 18 ...