DIABETIC ULCERS / DIABETIC FOOT

Classification of diabetic foot wounds is needed for many purposes. The most important is to be able and describe the lesions that we treat  in order to study the patient's outcome. One of the most well established classification systems is the Meggitt-Wagner system:

Wagner-Meggitt Clasification of Diabetic Foot

Grade 0              foot symptoms like pain only              

Grade 1              superficial ulcers

Grade 2              deep ulcers

Grade 3              ulcer with bone involvement

Grade 4              forefoot gangrene

Grade 5              full foot gangrene