A study of surgical management of diabetic limb complications among rural population.

Surgical complication of diabetes mellitus has been a common clinical problem among the rural population because of illiteracy and poor health education. The present study was undertaken to evaluate patients with respect to age, sex, presentation and to do other specific investigations. The patients were treated by conservative or surgical methods, and the outcome was monitored. The majority of the patients were males with peak age group in the sixth decade. Septic lesions were more than the neuropathic or the ischaemic lesions.