diabetic foot ulcer

Expert Insights

The Disconnect with Diabetic Foot Ulcers

12/23/2021

In this video, Kazem Kazempour , PhD, explains the disconnect between the FDA's definition of wound healing and the reality of DFUs.

In this video, Kazem...

12/23/2021

Wounds

Videos

Urinary Bladder Matrix Powder to Help Achieve Wound Closure in Tunneling Wounds

12/08/2021

Michael N. Desvigne , MD, FACS, CWS, FACCWS;

Urinary bladder matrix powder was used to help achieve wound closure in tunneling wounds.

Urinary bladder matrix powder...

12/08/2021

Wounds

Expert Insights

The FDA's Take on Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatments

12/01/2021

Kazem Kazempour ;

In this video, Kazem Kazempour , PhD, explains why it is so difficult for new wound healing therapies for DFUs to be approved by the FDA.

In this video, Kazem Kazempour ,...

12/01/2021

Wounds

Blog

Study Shows Increased Risk For Foot Infection-Related Hospitalizations In People With Diabetes

08/19/2021

Adam L. Isaac , DPM, FACFAS;

According to a recent publication in Diabetologia, there is an increased risk of infection-related hospitalization in patients with diabetes.

According to a recent...

08/19/2021

Podiatry Today

Review

Medicinal Plants as Efficacious Agents for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review of Clinical Studies

08/03/2021

André M. Marques ;

Roodabeh Bahramsoltani ;

Mohammad Hosein Farzaei ;

Roohollah Ahmadian ;

Roja Rahimi ;

This paper aims to review clinical studies on the effects of medicinal plants in patients with diabetic foot ulcers based on the improvement of local and systemic parameters related to wound healing.

This paper aims to review...

08/03/2021

Wounds

Original Research

Diabetic Foot Wounds Treated With Human Amniotic Membrane and Low-level Laser Therapy: A Pilot Clinical Study

08/03/2021

Priscila C. Cristovam , PhD;

José Diego Marxques Santos , BScN, MSc;

Renata A. Nicolau , PhD;

Joelita de Alencar F. Santos , PhD;

Emilia A. Lo Schiavo Arisawa , PhD;

Josne C. Paterno , PhD;

Luciana B. Sant'Anna , PhD;

Jose Álvaro P. Gomes , PhD;

08/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Report

The Custom Total Contact Cast to Offload Foot Ulcers in the Presence of Biomechanical Deformities: A Case Report

03/02/2021

Kamal Farha , DPM;

Ji Hee Kim , DPM;

Anna Stoupine , DPM;

Poovasit Klinoubol , DPM;

Mohammad Junayed Khan , DPM, DABPM, AACFAS, CWSP;

The modified total contact cast was designed to accommodate frontal plane biomechanical deformities while providing padding to decrease friction over bony prominences. This technique was successfully used to help heal foot ulcers in a patient...

The modified total contact cast...

03/02/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Reconstruction of Complex, Chronic Pressure Ulcers and Wounds with Osteomyelitis - Skin Substitutes, Really?

The use of skin substitutes for the treatment of chronic wounds is common today. There are a variety of tissues types available, including both human- and animal- based tissues most commo...

Pradeep Mohan , MD;

01/28/2021

Lower Extremity Wounds Treated Using A Synthetic Nanofiber Matrix*

Lower extremity wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, and surgical wounds, can be difficult to heal and may benefit from the use of an advanced treatment modality. Th...

Melanie Wilson , DNP;

01/28/2021

Proof of principle: rapidly removing biofilm and necrosis in hard to heal ulcers using a hygroscopic chemical compound.

Introduction: The chronicity of hard-to-heal lesions is caused and sustained by a number of factors, including the development and presence of biofilm, which contributes significantly to ...

Alberto Cogo ;

Hans Pieter Snels ;

Bert J. Quint ;

Gregory S. Schultz , PhD;

01/28/2021