To retrospectively analyze the healing time and hospitalization costs of different TEXAS grades and stages patients and provide evidence for effective treatment.

The data of 147 patients with diabetic foot ulcer discharged in Liyuan Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 were collected and screened out according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. According to the classification of TEXAS university, patients with diabetic foot ulcer were grouped, TEXAS university grade 1 group (n=21): superficial ulcer; TEXAS university grade 2 group (n=31): ulcer up to the tendon; TEXAS university grade 3 group (n=95): ulcer involved bone and joint. The ulcer healing time and hospitalization costs of 3 groups of patients with diabetic foot ulcer were compared. Data were analyzed with the Kruskal-Wallis test.

Among the 147 patients according to the grades of TEXAS university, the healing time of grade 1, 2 and 3 patients were 12, 22 and 33 days and the hospitalization casts were 13 199.20, 19 572.81, 32 101.30 yuan, and the healing time and hospitalization casts of different TEXAS university grades patients had statistically significant differences (F=24.19, 24.04, with P values below 0.05).

The ulcer healing time and hospitalization costs in patients with diabetic foot ulcer were positively correlated with the grades of TEXAS university.