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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2023; 131(01/02): 84-93
DOI: 10.1055/a-1946-3838
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Diabetic Foot Syndrome

Stephan Morbach
1   Department of Diabetology and Angiology, Marienkrankenhaus gGmbH, Soest, Germany
,
Michael Eckhard
2   University Diabetes Center and Interdisciplinary Diabetic Foot Center of Central Hessen, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Location: Giessen and GZW Diabetes Clinic Bad Nauheim, Germany
,
Ralf Lobmann
3   Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Geriatrics, Klinikum Stuttgart, Location: Bad Cannstatt, Germany
,
Eckhard Müller
4   Practice for Diabetology and Nephrology, KfH Kidney Center, Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
,
Heinrich Reike
5   Dortmund, Germany
,
Alexander Risse
6   Diabetes Center at Sophie-Charlotte-Platz, Berlin, Germany
,
Gerhard Rümenapf
7   Upper Rhine Vascular Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Hospital, Speyer, Germany
,
Maximilian Spraul
8   Diabetes Practice, Rheine, Germany
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UPDATES TO CONTENT COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S VERSION

No changes affecting the basic approach to the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome.



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