DIABETIC-PATIENTS WITH FOOT BURNS

We describe six patients with non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and thermal foot injury admitted to the Burn Centre i n Rotterdam. They were all male with a mean age of 56.8 (range 47-63) years. The median patients' delay before admission was 27 (range 1-56) days. Five patients needed amputation. Healing of the wounds took a m ean period of 9.5 (range 2-27) months. In two patients healing of the wounds took more than 1 year; these two patients also had recurrent fo ot burns. Neurological evaluation in four patients confirmed severe po lyneuropathy and severe loss of heat pain, warmth, and cold sensation. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.