Table 3.
Wound composition in diabetic feet (n = 185).
| Wound composition | Revascularization strategy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Feet with toe wounds exclusively | 85 (45.9%) | 85 anterior or posterior tibial artery revascularization | |
| Feet with toe wounds and proximal wounds | 33 (17.8%) | ||
| Wounds that could be unambiguously classified | |||
| All Some |
16 (8.6%) 5 (2.7%) |
=21 | 2 additional peroneal artery revascularisation 14 additional argument for anterior tibial revascularisation 3 additional argument for posterior tibial revascularisation 2 proximal wounds suggest treatment of both tibial arteries |
| None | 12 (6.5%) | ? | |
| Feet with proximal wounds exclusively | 67 (36.2%) | ||
| Wounds that could be unambiguously classified | |||
| All | 50 (27.0%) | =61 | 49 revascularization of a single BTK artery |
| Some | 11 (5.9%) | 12 revascularization of two BTK arteries | |
| None | 6 (3.2%) | ? | |