Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Smart Diabetic Foot Stabilization and Off-loading System* to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs)

Every 20 seconds a lower limb is amputated due to diabetic complications. The total medical cost for the management of diabetic foot in the United States exceeds $17.5B, in addition to th...

11/23/2020

New Thinking in Wound Healing: Reestablishing Microbiome Homeostasis with a Unique, 3D Nanofabricated Polymer Scaffold to Achieve Definitive Wound Closure

Abstract Body: Injured skin elicits an immediate reparative response, involving four phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodeling. However, normal cellular functions and...

11/23/2020

Cost-effectiveness of Commonly Used Skin Substitutes in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Purpose/Aim: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) have been estimated to affect 1–4% of patients with diabetes annually and a quarter of patients with diabetes over their lifetimes. Skin substitute...

11/23/2020

3D Nanofabricated Polymer Scaffold Used to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Case Series of Four Patients

Abstract Body: Aims The advancement of wound healing technology, and, specifically the study of the skin microbiome, have led to the development of a new 3D nanofabricated synthetic polym...

11/23/2020

Pilot Study

Developing and Evaluating a Mobile Foot Care Application for Persons With Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Pilot Study

10/01/2020

Meryem Kilic, RN, PhD

Ayişe Karadağ, RN, PhD

The authors describe the development and testing of a mobile app to help patients optimize foot care knowledge, practices (behavior), and self-efficacy.

The authors describe the...

10/01/2020

Wound Management & Prevention