In a large prospective study out of Australia involving over 4,700 patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), researchers identified seven factors that were negatively associated with healing, including geographical remoteness and being younger than 50 years of age.1...
A new multicenter study reveals that adjunctive use of topical oxygen therapy may be beneficial in the treatment of uninfected and mildly infected diabetic foot ulcerations (DFUs). In the randomized controlled trial (RCT), recently published by the Journal of Wound...
In a recently published retrospective review of nearly 700 patients who had non-traumatic amputations at a rural community hospital in Texas, researchers found that 41 percent of major amputations and 51 percent of minor amputations were not preceded by vascular...
For clinicians who have a strong interest in limb salvage, the American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) is providing a unique mentorship opportunity to visit with interdisciplinary teams at two leading centers of excellence in limb preservation. The winner of the...
Do sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors increase amputation risk? A newly published study in the European Heart Journal involving over 2,722,000 patients found that the risk of lower limb amputation with the combination of SGLT-2 inhibitors and incretins...
Three-year outcomes from a large prospective, observational multicenter study found that stratified endovascular interventions were highly successful in preventing major amputations among a wide range of patients with varying degrees of peripheral arterial disease...
A recently published study in the Annals of Vascular Surgery found that patients who live in food deserts had nearly double the rate of 30-day readmission after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).1 In the retrospective study of open and...
A recently published study in the Annals of Vascular Surgery found that patients who live in food deserts had nearly double the rate of 30-day readmission after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).1 In the retrospective study of open and...
Are clinicians limited to palliative care options when elderly patients with comorbidities have diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)? Not necessarily. In a recently published study involving over 1,000 patients 75 years of age or older with a DFU and extensive comorbidities,...
Atrial fibrillation can be detected during annual foot assessments in patients with diabetes, according to research presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “In our study, one in six patients with...
In a recently published study looking at mortality rates in patients with diabetes, researchers found that patients with hindfoot diabetic foot ulcerations (DFUs) had an over sixfold higher risk of mortality.1 The study, published online by Diabetic Medicine, involved...
