A 61-year-old diabetic man had to get parts of his foot amputated after he wore wrongly fitted wedding shoes that were too tight for him. It caused blisters and abscesses, leading to severe infection.

Some 500 yearly partial or full foot amputations take place in Malta every year, professors in the Department of Podiatry at University of Malta have said. Professors Alfred Gatt and Cynthia ...

The diabetic foot may be an early target of CKD-MBD and its adverse consequences, according to investigators. ... CKD-MBD Biomarkers in Diabetic Foot May Predict Amputation Risk.