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Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a growing global problem. One of the major debilitating
complications of diabetes is diabetic foot infection. Several risk factors affecting
diabetic foot infection include, peripheral sensory neuropathy, foot deformity,
trauma and improperly fitted shoes, callus, history of prior ulcers and amputation,
prolonged elevated pressures, uncontrolled hyperglycemia, duration of diabetes,
chronic renal disease.
The present study was done to evaluate the role of MDCTA in evaluation of
vasculature in diabetic in patients with foot infection.
The current study included 30 diabetic patients referred to National liver
institute ,Menoufia university and Private center. Twenty two of the patients were
males represent (73.3%), and 8 were females represent 26.7%, the age of these
patients ranged between 42 and 86 years. All patients will be subjected to Doppler
ultrasonography and MDCT study.
All patients were type two diabetes mellitus with different disease duration
(4 months to 18 years) with a mean duration 10.13 ± 5.12, 25 were hypertensive,
10 had coronary heart disease, smoking or history of smoking was 19. All patients
had uncontrolled hyperglycemia with mean level 262± 70 mg/dl.
Fourteen patients had a unilateral side affection and sixteen with bilateral
side affection.