Off-loading of the affected area is the standard of care and commonly results in healing the noninfected neuropathic ulcer. Methods of off-loading can be broadly categorized as external ...

Monsoon humidity increases the risk of diabetic foot infections, ulcers, and amputation, making daily foot care and blood ...

Ignoring even a small blister, cut or toe injury can have devastating consequences for people with diabetes, with seemingly minor foot wounds potentially progressing to severe infections and limb ...

Diabetic foot surgery now accounts for 70 per cent of all surgical procedures performed at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital ...

Diabetes frequently leads to a combination of peripheral neuropathy, vascular insufficiency and infection in the lower limbs, culminating in ulceration and tissue loss. Amputation levels range from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetic foot infection had a 95% limb salvage rate with local antibiotic-loaded hydroxyapatite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Charcot foot arthropathy is a complex disease process that most often presents in patients with diabetes who ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about why diabetic foot infections can become so severe and difficult to treat. By analyzing the DNA of E. coli bacteria taken from infected wounds around the world ...