The system of care for the diabetic foot: objectives, outcomes, and opportunities [0.03%]
糖尿病足照护体系:目标、成效和机遇
Neal R Barshes,Meena Sigireddi,James S Wrobel et al.
Neal R Barshes et al.
Most cases of lower extremity limb loss in the United States occur among people with diabetes who have a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). These DFUs and the associated limb loss that may occur lead to excess healthcare costs and have a large nega...
Ryan Donegan,Bauer Sumpio,Peter A Blume
Ryan Donegan
This paper presents a review of the current literature discussing topics of Charcot osteoarthropathy, osteomyelitis, diagnosing osteomyelitis, antibiotic management of osteomyelitis, and treatment strategies for management of Charcot osteoa...
Negative-pressure wound therapy in the management of diabetic Charcot foot and ankle wounds [0.03%]
负压治疗在糖尿病Charcot足与踝关节伤口管理中的应用
Crystal L Ramanujam,John J Stapleton,Thomas Zgonis
Crystal L Ramanujam
As the prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise, innovative medical and surgical treatment options have increased dramatically to address diabetic-related foot and ankle complications. Among the most challenging clinical case scena...
Relative sensory sparing in the diabetic foot implied through vibration testing [0.03%]
糖尿病患者足部的感觉相对保留性震动测试评估结果分析
Todd OBrien,Joseph Karem
Todd OBrien
Background: The dorsal aspect of the hallux is often cited as the anatomic location of choice for vibration testing in the feet of diabetic patients. To validate this preference, vibration tests were performed and compare...
Gaurav Thakral,Javier Lafontaine,Bijan Najafi et al.
Gaurav Thakral et al.
Background: There are several applications of electrical stimulation described in medical literature to accelerate wound healing and improve cutaneous perfusion. This is a simple technique that could be incorporated as an...
An analysis of clinical activity, admission rates, length of hospital stay, and economic impact after a temporary loss of 50% of the non-operative podiatrists from a tertiary specialist foot clinic in the United Kingdom [0.03%]
英国三级专科足病诊所临时失去一半非手术骨科医生后的临床活动、入院率、住院时间和经济损失分析
Catherine Gooday,Rachel Murchison,Ketan Dhatariya
Catherine Gooday
Introduction: Podiatrists form an integral part of the multidisciplinary foot team in the treatment of diabetic foot-related complications. A set of unforeseen circumstances within our specialist diabetes foot service in ...
Charcot neuroarthropathy in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation: report of two cases [0.03%]
一例同时性胰肾移植患者的夏科氏病报告
Jorge Javier Del Vecchio,Nicolás Raimondi,Horacio Rivarola et al.
Jorge Javier Del Vecchio et al.
Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) is considered a major complication in diabetes mellitus (DM), and it is estimated that 1% of diabetic patients may develop this complication. Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT) is one of the mo...
Case Reports
Diabetic foot & ankle. 2013 Aug 29:4. DOI:10.3402/dfa.v4i0.21819 2013
Mehmet Fatih Güven,Atakan Karabiber,Gökhan Kaynak et al.
Mehmet Fatih Güven et al.
Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) is a severe joint disease in the foot and ankle that can result in fracture, permanent deformity, and limb loss. It is a serious and potentially limb-threatening lower-extremity late complication of diabetes me...
Gökhan Kaynak,Olgar Birsel,Mehmet Fatih Güven et al.
Gökhan Kaynak et al.
Charcot arthropathy of the foot is a rare but devastating complication of diabetes that remains to be a challenging issue for the foot and ankle surgeons. Charcot foot fails to be an obvious diagnostic option that comes to mind, even in a p...
Aziz Nather,Keng Lin Wong
Aziz Nather
Minor amputations in diabetic patients with foot complications have been well studied in the literature but controversy still remains as to what constitutes successful or non-successful limb salvage. In addition, there is a lack of consensu...