A Review of Present and Futuristic Development of Near Infrared Spectroscopy System in the Assessment of Diabetic Foot Risk

Abstract

Diabetic foot is a common, immobilizing and often engender to the amputation of the lower limb. The utmost originating facet to the upshot of diabetic foot ulcers are neuropathy (i.e. peripheral nerve dysfunction), arterial occlusive diseases, PVD (i.e. peripheral vascular disease), malformation and disorder. It has been widely studied that the one fourth of overall number of diabetic mellitus patients will suffer from foot ulcers. These types of patients are at menace of amputation and can soon turn towards mortality. To dwindle the rates of mortality and morbidity, prudent detection of the menace foot areas is indispensable. This article mainly focused on vascular disease at lower limbs, which is one of the main factors causing diabetic foot ulcers. This review article aims at providing brief overview in development of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in assessing the vascular parameters in lower extremities of the patients. The parameters obtained from the NIRS method shows high clinical significance and it well correlated with the existing methods.