Multidisciplinary care: saving Mr L's toe

Multidisciplinary care: saving Mr L's toe [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04

This is the story of ‘Mr L’, a man in Australia with type 2 diabetes and severe diabetes nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy). He developed neuropathy-related ulcers on one of his toes, which remained untreated for a number of months. He faced the prospect of having his left foot amputated. However, this was prevented because Mr L was linked to a multidisciplinary hospital-based diabetic foot clinic.

Issue:

Volume 50 | Special Issue [2]

Author:

Clingan Tazmin [3]

Bolton Thyra [4]

Attachment:

article_376_en.pdf [5]

Keywords:

diabetic foot, ulcer, toe, treatment, multidisciplinary team, foot clinic

Section:

Health Delivery [6]

Theme:

Complications > Foot [7]

People with diabetes [8]

Patient-centred care [9]

Diabetes treatment [10]

World Diabetes Day [11]