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Landmark Studies on Diabetic Amputation Prevention

Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006

Every 30 seconds a lower limb is lost to diabetes. Podiatrists publish two landmark papers in Lancet on World Diabetes Day. The studies, which focus on negative pressure wound therapy and powerful antibiotics for the treatment of infections in the diabetic foot, offer new data and real hope in the battle against amputation

Landmark Studies on Diabetic Amputation Prevention

Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2006

Podiatrists publish two landmark papers in Lancet on World Diabetes Day. The studies, which focus on negative pressure wound therapy and powerful antibiotics for the treatment of infections in the diabetic foot, offer new data and real hope in the battle against amputation.

Laser Technique Prevents Diabetes Amputation

Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006

A laser technique that uses ultraviolet energy to restore blood flow to blocked arteries may help people with advanced diabetes avoid one of the most devastating complications of the disease -- amputation

Height A Factor For Amputation Among Patients With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

In the whole study population, every 10-cm increase in height was associated with a 16% increase in risk of amputation. In the subgroup of patients for whom data on fasting plasma glucose levels and dyslipidemia were available, the risk of amputation was even greater (79% relative increase in risk of amputation.) This finding was independent of other factors such as the adequacy of diabetes control.

Homocysteine Levels Predicts Future Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005

High homocysteine in the early postpartum period is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetes in women with a history of pregnancy-induced diabetes (a.k.a. gestational diabetes). More than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation

Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Amputations Are Preventable

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

For a condition that is largely preventable, the costs of treating diabetic foot disease is over 10 Billion dollars a year. To prevent amputations, all that is required is a 10-gm monofilament that cost less then fifty cents!

Precursors to Foot Disease in Diabetes Patients Identified

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

Foot ulcerations are one of the most serious complications of diabetes, resulting in more than 80,000 lower-leg amputations each year in the U.S. alone. "Nearly one in 40 diabetes patients will develop foot ulcers every year and more than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation."

Availability Of Vascular Surgeons Impacts Amputation Rate

Posted: Friday, July 22, 2005

Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are more likely to have a foot or leg amputated if they live in a region that has few vascular surgeons

70% of Leg Amputations Due to Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005

Every 30 seconds a leg is lost due to diabetes in the world and 70 per cent of all leg amputations were done on people with diabetes

Inadequate Footwear Triples Risk For Diabetes Amputation Risk

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Amputation risk was tripled by going barefoot, doubled by wearing sneakers regularly to work, increased fourfold by wearing sneakers to town, and doubled by wearing rubber thong sandals