After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ...

Diabetic foot ulcers affect more than 18 million people ... operations each year to preserve patients' feet and avoid major amputation. James Chan, a consultant plastic surgeon, wants to see ...

These issues put patients with diabetes at greater risk for foot ulcers, non-healing wounds, and infections that, left untreated, often result in loss of a limb. Jose Samano faced a dire situation ...

Objective The goal of the study was to determine whether complications of diabetes well-known to be ... those who have undergone a lower-extremity amputation (LEA). Research Design and Methods ...

Diabetic foot ulcers result in more than 70,000 lower extremity amputations per year in US alone Diabetic foot ulcers are open wounds and affect more than 15% of diabetic patients. Dr.

Diabetic Foot Disease is defined as a syndrome in which peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease may result in foot ...

Objective We examined associations between ulcer bioburden and ulcer outcomes in neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) that lacked clinical signs of infection. Research Design and Methods Three ...

The number of people with diabetes in America has been on the ... A person who has developed a foot ulcer "often doesn't realize they need to not put weight on this foot so it can heal," she ...

Most diabetic wound care products are passive dressings, only providing a protective barrier against the external environment ...

The proposed study would monitor and evaluate the cure rates of foot ulcer resulting from diabetes, rates and extent of amputation (major or minor), health-related quality of life, adverse events and ...