DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i03.070

Pages: 986-989

Diabetic foot is a known devastating complication of diabetes. It is known to be associated with lower extremity amputation. Major amputation is associated with a variety of complications at stump. Around 43.75% of the patients develop stump complications after major amputation for diabetic foot complications. As high as 78.6% of these patient with stump complications suffered from Type 1 diabetic foot complications with diabetic foot abscess being the commonest type 1 diabetic foot complications. 5 patients [35.7%] with stump complications had debridement prior to major amputation being performed. Majority of the patients [35.71%] belonged to high risk category and amputation inevitable category each. 28.57% of the patients with stump complications underwent revision surgeries. This studies for the first time studies the stump complication through the new Amit Jain’s principle and Practice of diabetic foot.