The effect of the different waves of COVID-19 pandemic on the outcome of diabetic foot ulcers.
Ghanshyam GoyalSujoy MajumdarUsashi Biswas BoseMs Rekha ShrivastavaJagat J MukherjeeS P BankaS KapoorEdward B JudePublished in: The international journal of lower extremity wounds (2024)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healing of neuropathic ulcers was better, especially in the first and second waves and travel restriction may have accounted for this. However, worsening of ischemic and neuro-ischemic ulcers was observed with more amputation in these two groups. Conversely, in the third wave withdrawal of lockdown led to worsening of DFUs resulting in less healing and more amputation.