TY - JOUR ID - TI - Arteriopathy by Doppler Ultrasound Study and Neuropathy by Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Study in Diabetic Foot AU - Imran Sulaiman Dawood, Sahar Abdl Hussein Jupori PY - 2020 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 215 EP - 220 JO - Medical Journal of Babylon مجلة بابل الطبية SN - 1812156X 23126760 AB - Background: Diabetic foot ulcer is a common surgical problem in the surgical population. Objectives: This study evaluates some of the riskfactors which are thought to play a role in the development of diabetic foot ulcer by using (color Doppler sonography, electromyography, andnerve conduction study). Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study on patients admitted to the surgical, medical, and orthopedicwards in the Almahweel General hospital in Babylon for a period from December 15, 2016, to December 15, 2018. Data were collected byhistory, clinical examination, investigation, and Doppler ultrasound for all patients. Results: Sixty‑one patients (47 males and 14 females)were included in our study admitted to the Almahweel General Hospital in Babylon, Iraq. All patients showed different degree of peripheralarteriopathy, retinopathy, osteomyelitis, and different degree of neuropathy. Smoking increases the risk of diabetic foot. Conclusions: Smokingincreases the severity of peripheral arteriopathy and neuropathy so increases the severity of diabetic foot ulcer. The severity of peripheralarteriopathy and neuropathy increased with increase the duration of diabetes mellitus. Diabetic foot ulcer is due to the coexistence of peripheralarteriopathy and neuropathy.

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