Diabetic ulcers, infection and deformity treated aggressively and early, because the realistic goal is a foot that keeps walking.
People with diabetes who have a foot ulcer, infection, deformity or a wound that has not healed in two weeks.
Wound, circulation and sensation assessment, footwear review, and a written plan for debridement, offloading and closure.
Theatre and daycare debridement, with flap cover where the wound needs it and physician support for sugar control.
Diabetic foot surgery is generally payable under mediclaim.
Nothing here is improvised. The sequence below is how care in this specialty is actually organised, and your own written plan follows it.
Debridement of dead tissue, infection control and sugar control, the three moves that stop an ulcer worsening.
Pressure is taken off the ulcer with casts, footwear or internal correction so it can actually close.
Wounds that cannot close on their own are covered with grafts or flaps once the bed is clean.
Footwear, daily checks and follow up protect the healed foot, because the next ulcer is preventable.
"The ulcer that waits a week costs a toe. The ulcer that waits a month costs a foot."
Diabetic feet fail silently because the nerves feel less pain; the wound is always deeper than it looks from the chair.
Salvage combines debridement, offloading, infection control and reconstructive cover, sequenced week by week to a written plan.
Published with documented patient consent, generalised for age and sex, in line with advertising norms applicable to medical practitioners in India.
Published bands are for Surat and include surgeon, anaesthesia, theatre and standard stay. Where a band is not published, a written estimate follows examination. Cover under mediclaim and schemes is confirmed before admission.
Ask for an estimate →These are the questions that come up in consultation most often. If yours is not here, send it on WhatsApp and the team will reply, usually the same day.
Ask your question →Within days if there is odour, discharge, redness, swelling or fever, and within two weeks for any ulcer that is not clearly shrinking. Black tissue or new pain in a numb foot is a same day emergency.
Often, when treatment starts early. Debridement, offloading, infection control and flap cover save most feet that present in time. The single biggest risk factor for amputation is delay.
Usually because pressure has not been taken off it. Offloading with casts, footwear or internal correction is as important as any dressing, and it continues after healing to prevent recurrence.
With debridement, offloading and good sugar control, many ulcers close in six to twelve weeks. Wounds needing flap cover follow the surgical recovery timeline discussed before the procedure.
Yes, diabetic foot surgery and admission are generally payable under mediclaim. Cover is confirmed in writing before planned procedures.
Taking pressure off the ulcer is one of the strongest things that helps it heal, so walking on it is limited and offloading footwear, a cast or crutches may be advised. What is practical for your daily life is worked out with you.
Circulation in the leg, sensation, sugar control, signs of infection and the state of the bone are checked, often with blood tests, imaging and vascular assessment. These results decide whether the wound needs cleaning, cover, or blood flow treatment first.
