Risk factors for occurrence and recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers among Iraqi diabetic patients

Diabet Foot Ankle. 2016 Mar 15:7:29605. doi: 10.3402/dfa.v7.29605. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

There are a few studies that discuss the medical causes for diabetic foot (DF) ulcerations in Iraq, one of them in Wasit province. The aim of our study was to analyze the medical, therapeutic, and patient risk factors for developing DF ulcerations among diabetic patients in Baghdad, Iraq.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot ulcerations; risk factors.