Abstract

Offloading of the wounds in the foot is one of the most important and integral part of wound management to achieve optimal successful results. Various offloading modalities have been used for decades with each having their own merits and demerits. However, astonishingly, as far as the author knows, as an expert diabetic foot surgeon, there is no classification till date that divides offloading devices in appropriate distinct group. The Author proposes new different classifications for offloading devices/system in diabetic foot for the first time in the literature. It is a novel attempt to improvise and standardize diabetic foot practices around the world and is another component of Amit Jain’s principle and practice of diabetic foot. This offloading classification can also be used for non-diabetic foot wounds.