Monica H. Schweinberger, DPM, FACFAS

Diabetes Watch

Proven Strategies To Prevent Lower Extremity Amputation

06/25/2013

From 2009 to 2012, amputation rates at our facility dropped 77.3 percent as a result of the staff employing basic strategies in both prevention and wound care. This occurred despite the consistent rates of new foot ulcers that arise each...

From 2009 to 2012, amputation...

06/25/2013

Podiatry Today

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Keys To Addressing Posterior Heel Ulceration

10/24/2017

Monica H. Schweinberger , DPM, FACFAS;

How do you achieve optimal offloading? How do you address deeper ulcers with exposed bone and tendon? What are the best preventive strategies? Answering these questions and more, this author shares pearls from her clinical experience and...

How do you achieve optimal...

10/24/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

A Closer Look At Simple Surgical Solutions For Diabetic Foot Ulcers

03/21/2017

Monica H. Schweinberger , DPM, FACFAS;

Ulcers of the toes and forefoot in patients with diabetes are sometimes difficult to heal or keep healed.

Ulcers of the toes and forefoot...

03/21/2017

Podiatry Today

Diabetes Watch

Can The Combination Of Serial Irrigation And Debridement With Antibiotic Beads Have An Impact For Severe DFIs?

03/21/2016

Monica H. Schweinberger , DPM, FACFAS;

There were over 65,000 hospital admissions for amputation in patients with diabetes across the United States in 2009.1 This does not take into account hospital admissions for foot infection that did not lead to amputation or that occurred in...

There were over 65,000 hospital...

03/21/2016

Podiatry Today