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diabetic foot

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diabetic foot
A foot with a constellation of pathologic changes affecting the lower extremity in diabetics, often leading to amputation and/or death due to complications; the common initial lesion leading to amputation is a nonhealing skin ulcer, induced by regional pressure, pathogenically linked to sensory neuropathy, ischemia, infection


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The company recently supported the "First International Diabetic Foot and Lower Extremity Course" from November 9-10 at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel in Dubai.
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