amputations

Interview

Why Are We Failing to Prevent Amputations?

09/21/2023

Mary Yost, MBA
The Sage Group LLC, Beaufort, South Carolina

Mary Yost, MBAThe Sage Group LLC, Bea...

At the 2023 Amputation Prevention Symposium (AMP), Mary Yost, MBA, president of the Sage Group, the leading research and consulting company specializing in peripheral vascular disease, presented her thoughts on the reasons why clinicians are...

At the 2023 Amputation...

09/21/2023

Vascular Disease Management

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Case Presentation

Applications of Placental and Umbilical Tissue Following Right Foot Transmetatarsal Amputation

03/04/2022

Jason Anderson, DPM, FACFAS

In this video, Jason Anderson, DPM, FACFAS, showcases the use of placental and umbilical tissue in a case presentation on an amputation in a 56-year-old male.

In this video, Jason Anderson,...

03/04/2022

Wounds

EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Lower Limb Amputation Rates in Patients With Diabetes and an Infected Foot Ulcer: A Prospective Observational Study

07/01/2021

Natasha Chaudhary, MBBS

Farhanul Huda, MBBS, MS

Ravi Roshan, MBBS

Somprakas Basu, MS, FRCS

Deepak Rajput, MBBS, MS

Sudhir Kumar Singh, MBBS, MS

This study examined variables that affect the rate of lower extremity amputation in patients with diabetes and infected foot ulcers.

This study examined variables...

07/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

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

Practical Research

Prevalence of Foot Problems in Nursing Home Residents With Diabetes Stratified by Dementia Diagnosis

08/14/2013

Sweta Tewary, PhD, MSW

Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD

Nicole Cook, PhD, MPA

The systemic and chronic nature of diabetes places frail older adults at higher risk of foot problems, including ulceration, gangrene, osteomyelitis, and amputation.

The systemic and chronic nature...

08/14/2013

Annals of Long-Term Care