Abstract and Introduction
Introduction
Ulcers in patients with diabetes are common, affecting around 15% of patients at some stage of their disease. Osteomyelitis complicates up to a third of such cases, and ulcer and foot complications result in more hospital admissions than any other complication of diabetes. The vast majority of ulcers in diabetes are neuropathic-ischaemic in aetiology. It is, however, important not to miss the rarer causes.