Wound Care & Limb Preservation Specialty Channel

Diabetes Watch

Reviewing The Essentials Of Prescribing Wound Dressings

09/26/2017

Lee C. Rogers , DPM, FFPM RCPS;

09/26/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

A Practical Approach To Surgical Management Of Charcot Foot

08/21/2017

Jacob Wynes , DPM, MS, FACFAS;

Brittany E. Mayer , DPM;

Despite its existence in the medical literature since 1703, Charcot neuroarthropathy remains an elusive pathology that carries the innate potential to progress and threaten efforts for successful limb salvage.

Despite its existence in the...

08/21/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers With HBOT And Topical Oxygen

07/19/2017

Khurram H. Khan , DPM, FACFAS, FACPM, FAPWCA;

Sarah Mohamed , DPM;

Diabetes mellitus continues to be a global health threat.

Diabetes mellitus continues to...

07/19/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

What The Current Research Reveals About Utilizing Amnion/Chorion Allografts For Diabetic Foot Ulcers

06/19/2017

Charles M. Zelen , DPM, FACFAS;

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

06/19/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

When Patients With Diabetes Need Hospice Care

05/19/2017

David Swain , DPM, CWSP;

As the diabetic population continues to grow larger and older in the United States, more patients with diabetes will be in need of end-of-life care.

As the diabetic population...

05/19/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

A Closer Look At The WIfI Classification System For Threatened Limbs

04/21/2017

Shontal A. Behan , BS;

Esther Kwon , DPM;

Alexander M. Reyzelman , DPM, FACFAS;

Diabetes has become an epidemic resulting in devastating physical and financial loss. While researchers project the incidence of diabetes to increase by nearly 200 percent from 2005 to 2050, the concern deepens as approximately 60 percent of...

Diabetes has become an epidemic...

04/21/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

A Closer Look At Simple Surgical Solutions For Diabetic Foot Ulcers

03/21/2017

Monica H. Schweinberger , DPM, FACFAS;

Ulcers of the toes and forefoot in patients with diabetes are sometimes difficult to heal or keep healed.

Ulcers of the toes and forefoot...

03/21/2017

Podiatry Today

Feature

A Guide To Cutaneous Manifestations Of Diabetes In The Lower Extremity

02/23/2017

Joseph M. Vella , DPM, AACFAS;

Patients with diabetes may be especially susceptible to cutaneous complications including acquired perforating dermatosis, bullous diabeticorum, yellow nails and calciphylaxis. This author provides a guide to diagnosis and treatment of common...

Patients with diabetes may be...

02/23/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

Understanding The Relationship Of Metabolic Syndrome And Pre-Diabetes

02/23/2017

Lindsy L. Kragt , DPM;

Adam J. Badaczewski , DPM;

Christopher R. Hood Jr., DPM, FACFAS, AACFAS;

First describing metabolic syndrome in 1988, Reaven discussed several metabolic findings with this syndrome and proposed that the central characteristic is insulin resistance with an increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.1

First describing metabolic...

02/23/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

Pre-Test Probability And The Probe-To-Bone Test: What You Should Know

01/24/2017

Tea Nguyen , DPM;

Jakob Thorud , DPM, MS, FACFAS;

Ever wonder why there is such controversy over the probe-to-bone test?

Ever wonder why there is such...

01/24/2017

Podiatry Today