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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

Roohollah Ahmadian

Roodabeh Bahramsoltani

André M Marques

Roja Rahimi

Mohammad Hosein Farzaei

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

Joelita de Alencar F. Santos, PhD

Renata A. Nicolau, PhD

Luciana B. Sant’Anna, PhD

Josne C. Paterno, PhD

Priscila C. Cristovam, PhD

Jose Álvaro P. Gomes, PhD

José Diego Marques Santos, BScN, MSc

Emilia A. Lo Schiavo Arisawa, 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

Mohammad Junayed Khan, DPM

Anna Stoupine, DPM

Kamal Farha, DPM

Ji Hee Kim, DPM

Poovasit Klinoubol, DPM

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...

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...

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 ...

01/28/2021

Effectiveness of daily home electrical stimulation as an adjunctive therapy to accelerate wound healing in people with diabetic foot ulcer – A double blinded randomized control trial

Electrical stimulation (E-Stim) may offer a unique treatment option to heal complicated diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). However, there is no randomized controlled trial to examine effectivene...

01/28/2021

Value-based Healthcare: Using Human Fibroblast-derived Dermal Substitute in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

OBJECTIVES: (1) To explore DFUs and their burden on the patients’ QoL; (2) To evaluate the limitations of standard of care (SOC) for DFU treatment; (3) To discuss the role of Human Fibrob...

11/23/2020

Wound Bed Tissue Oxygenation Differences across Angiosomes of the Foot

Angiosome concept states that anatomic blocks of tissue are fed by named arteries. In the foot, almost the entire plantar surface is fed by branches of the posterior tibial artery. Planta...

11/23/2020