摘要: Diabetic foot syndrome is a major complication for patients with diabetes mellitus. About 25% of the 6 million in Germany will suffer from diabetic at some point during course disease. neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease are main causative factors pathogenesis ulcers. The mortality rate these more than twice as high that average population. costs incurred by spent on ulcers, 50% hospital days attributed to treatment syndrome. This also most common cause non-traumatic amputations. Both risk amputation much increased case Hence, aim lower still number amputations appropriate preventive measures well multidisciplinary diagnostics therapy.