[Role of diabetic neuropathy in development of diabetic foot syndrome].

A known complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) arising in the presence of peripheral nervous system disorders and affection of the major vessels of the legs. Various foot defects with characteristic clinical functional features develop depending on the prevailing factor. Peripheral neuropathy is essential in DFS onset. The study of sensomotor and autonomic neuropathic disturbances can be used for prognostic analysis of foot defects in diabetes mellitus.