Diabetic Foot Ulcers

AMP 2023

Current Standards in Care of the Diabetic Foot

08/16/2023

Presented by Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, MSc, FACFAS

Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Presented by Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, MS...

Dr Stephanie Wu reviews what clinicians should prioritize when working with a patient with a diabetic foot ulcer.

Dr Stephanie Wu reviews what...

08/16/2023

Vascular Disease Management

Videos

Hyperbaric Oxygen in Wound Care

12/02/2022

Dr. Michael Strauss, MD, discusses the use of hyperbaric oxygen in the management of diabetic foot ulcers and other wounds.

Dr. Michael Strauss, MD,...

12/02/2022

Wounds

Videos

Promising Results of Bromelain-based Enzymatic Debridement

10/06/2022

Dr. Robert J. Snyder, DPM, MSc

Dr. Robert J. Snyder, DPM, MSc ...

In this research presentation, Dr. Robert J. Snyder reports on the results of an open phase 2 study assessing the safety, efficacy, and pharmacologic effects of bromelain-based enzymatic debridement product on biofilm and microbial loads in...

In this research presentation,...

10/06/2022

Wounds

Videos

Next Steps in Studying Bromelain-based Enzymatic Debridement on Biofilm and Microbial Loads

10/06/2022

Dr. Robert J. Snyder, PDM, MSc

Dr. Robert J. Snyder, PDM, MSc ...

In this interview, Dr. Robert J. Snyder provides insight into future plans to further the results of an open phase 2 study assessing the safety, efficacy, and pharmacologic effects of bromelain-based enzymatic debridement product on biofilm...

In this interview, Dr. Robert J....

10/06/2022

Wounds

Pearls for Practice

Compression Therapy to Manage Edema for Patients With Diabetic Ulcers

06/01/2022

Lucian G. Vlad, MD

Clinical use of compression therapy for edema in diabetic ulcers

Clinical use of compression...

06/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Evidence Corner

Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Treatment Challenges

05/31/2022

Laura Bolton

Wound care professionals face complex challenges in their attempts to achieve healing in patients with a diabetic foot ulcer. This installment of Evidence Corner reviews 2 randomized clinical trials that use different approaches to address...

Wound care professionals face...

05/31/2022

Wounds

Editorial Message

To Vape or Not to Vape? That Is the Question

05/01/2022

Terry Treadwell

Because we know the negative effects of smoking, as health care providers, we encourage our patients to cease smoking with varying degrees of success. As a result, many patients have changed to electronic cigarette vaping as a perceived safer...

Because we know the negative...

05/01/2022

Wounds

Figure 1: Pre-debridement. Exposed tibialis anterior with concerns for pyoderma gangrenosum. (photo courtesy of Efthymios Gkotsoulias, DPM).

Diabetic Foot Ulcers

All Multidisciplinary Teams, All the Time: Treat the Patient and Not the Wound

04/01/2021

Efthymios Gkotsoulias, DPM

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

David Kuten, MD

Given that diabetes affects so many organs in the body, team-based care is particularly crucial for patients with diabetic foot ulcers. This author details how a multidisciplinary approach can save lives and limbs.

Given that diabetes affects so...

04/01/2021

Today's Wound Clinic

The use of Point-of-Care Bacterial Autofluorescence Imaging in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

This is a single centre, pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) in patients with a DFU, with blinded outcome assessment. Patients were randomised in a 1:1 allocation ratio to either tre...

01/28/2021

Dehydrated placental allograft (DPA) for the management of diabetic foot ulcers – a randomized controlled trial

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) continue to challenge wound care practitioners. They are prone to infection and increase the risk of lower extremity amputation. The aim of this study was to e...

01/28/2021