Podiatric Surgery

The Department of Endocrinology and Podiatric Surgery provides comprehensive care for diabetic lower limb problems using an integrated team approach. The department specializes in surgical correction of diabetic foot and ankle deformities. This type of surgery to reshape deformed feet or toes is currently only performed in a few countries, including the US, UK, Russia, Germany, Spain, and Australia. 

• These surgeries can prevent amputations in diabetics.  
• We have a footwear factory, with trained staff, making diabetic footwear, providing high quality preventive, post–operative and rehabilitative footwear.

The department has developed a new technique called "The Amrita Sling Technique" to stabilize the foot and ankle in patients with destroyed Charcot foot and ankle. This novel technique avoids the complications associated with external fixators, such as pin-tract infections and wire breakage, which can be serious in diabetic patients.

Amrita Diabetic Foot Conference

The hospital has been hosting the international "Amrita Diabetic Foot Conference" (A.D.F.C.) annually since 2009. The conference features lectures and live surgical demonstrations by renowned podiatric surgeons from the United States and also invites endocrinologists from other countries with a special interest in diabetic foot management. 

• Devised the ‘Amrita Sling Technique’ a new and novel technique of foot and ankle stabilization for the reconstruction of destroyed Charcot foot and ankle – first in the world. 
• Using polymethyl methacrylate as replacement prosthesis for unsalvageable Charcot foot bones. 
• Synthesized a new polymer based footwear for diabetic patients. 
• Lower limb salvage rate of 91.5%, in diabetic foot and ankle diseases, comparable to the best centers in the world. 
• An integrated team approach, so important in the proper management of the diabetic lower limb problems, available in only few centers worldwide. 
• We are the only major center in India where reconstructive and corrective foot and ankle surgeries are being performed exclusively in high-risk diabetic foot patients. 
• We conduct a post MS (post-doctoral) one year fellowship in podiatric surgery and a two-year podiatry assistant (paramedical) course. We are the only institute in Asia to conduct these two courses in diabetic foot. 
• Over 5000 high risk diabetic lower limb surgeries carried out in the past eight years with excellent results.  

Phone: 9400998059 

Email: podiatry@aims.amrita.edu