Guest Author: Dr. Cyaandi R. Dove, D.P.M
A recent trial showed a significant reduction in wound area by 73.1% with Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT).
Diabetic Foot Self-Inspections and the Variations of Performance in Different Racial Groups
With the increase in lower limb amputations due to diabetes, researchers look into how specific racial groups manage nonpharmacological modalities in prevention.
Read More »Custom Molded Shoes: If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit…
A patient of mine who had diabetes and peripheral neuropathy came home from the hospital after a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. She lived alone and was housebound. Having lost one leg, I knew she was at increased risk for losing her other leg. While in rehab, she had a professionally custom molded shoe made for her left foot which she started to wear.
Read More »Liraglutide Lowers Risk for Amputation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and CV Risk
Investigators find patients treated with GLP-1 drug had significantly lower number of amputations compared to placebo group.
Read More »A Review of Adverse Events Related to Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers put patients at increased risk of falling.
Read More »Decreasing Risk of Lower Extremity Amputation
What should you add to prevent a loss of limb?
Read More »Cost Effectiveness of Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Does an ounce of prevention beat a pound of cure?
Read More »A Lot to Learn from Your Patients
I am a diabetes educator and certified foot care nurse. Through the years, I’ve learned that most topics we teach people who have diabetes are really topics every person should know about. I teach patients how to care for their feet, how to prevent foot problems, and how to treat them if they should have problems.
Read More »When There’s Water, Check the Shoes
People who have diabetes are usually taught to purchase protective soft leather shoes with a wide toe box. That doesn’t mean everybody who has diabetes follows those recommendations. A woman, type 2 diabetes, who is knowledgeable about diabetes and foot complications was wearing cloth shoes with a “corded” bottom and manmade rubber sole. She was caught in the rain. Her shoes were soaked.
Read More »First-Ever Guidelines for Treating the Diabetic Foot
The Society for Vascular Surgery, the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine collaboratively publish first-ever set of clinical practice guidelines for treating diabetic foot.
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