Abstract

Background and Aim: Diabetic foot ulcers and the resulting lower-extremity major amputations are common and mortal complications of diabetes. More than half of the diabetic foot ulcers are due to peripheral arterial disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency and related factors of peripheral arterial disease and to show the effect of peripheral arterial disease on major amputation for diabetic foot ulcers.

Methods: Follow-up forms of 123 diabetic foot patients who were treated at the chronic wound and infections care unit between September 2016 and August 2017 were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: Among the study patients, 65% of them were males and the mean age was 59.7±11.7. Peripheral arterial disease was present in 66.7% of the patients. During the treatment 13.8% of patients underwent major lower extremity amputation. According to multiple logistic regression analysis peripheral arterial disease was found to be higher 15.5-fold for the major amputation group. Significant correlations were found between peripheral arterial disease and hypertension (p

Key words: Diabetic foot, peripheral arterial disease, major amputation