The far side of the pandemic: Has diabetic foot osteomyelitis been neglected due to COVID-19?

Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 Jan;37(1):572-574. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3369. Epub 2021 Oct 18.

Authors

Christos Tsagkaris^{1

2}, Emmanouela Dionysia Laskaratou³, Dimitra Desse⁴, Alexandros Kamaratos¹

Affiliations

¹ Diabetic Foot Outpatient Clinic, Diabetes Center, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
² Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; diabetic foot; osteomyelitis; prevention; ulcer.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diabetic Foot* / epidemiology
Humans
Osteomyelitis* / epidemiology
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2