European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: DUSS (Diabetic Ulcer Severity Score) is one of the wound based system of classification which is useful tool to measure outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers. It is a simple and easily producible scoring system. Aim: To evaluate diabetic foot ulcer outcomes using diabetic ulcer severity score. Material and Methods: A total of 104 diabetic patients attending surgical outpatient clinic or admitted into the surgical department wereassessed on the basis of DUSS score.This score obtained was then compared with the final outcome to validate the prediction of DUSS score. Results: Majority of foot ulcers among study population with DUSS score 0, 1 and 2 healed by primary intention or skin grafting. However, among those with score 3 and score 4 majority required amputation i.e., 18(60%) and 16 (76.19%) respectively. This difference in the DUSS score among the three groups was found to be statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: DUSS scoring system can predictprobability of healing or amputation by combining four clinically assessable wound based parameters.