Same-day surgery for diabetic foot ulcers speeds healing, cuts amputation risk: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 20, 2022
Physician researchers urge other diabetic multidisciplinary foot teams to explore what they say is a practical and financially feasible treatment option.
Veterans more likely to lose a limb to chronic disease than battle, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2021
An analysis of health records from veterans up to age 76 show that peripheral arterial disease and diabetes are prevalent in amputees, while trauma is rarely a cause of amputation.
Focus on foot care: Some amputations increasing in older adults with diabetes
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 07, 2020
An increase in diabetes-related nontraumatic amputations has been notably severe in younger adults, but a new study finds a rising rate of toe and foot amputations in older Medicare beneficiaries as well.
Efforts to prevent, care for diabetic foot ulcers cut amputation rate in half, study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 23, 2013
Better ulcer care contributed to a nearly 50% decrease in diabetes-related leg amputations between 2000-2010, according to a study in the current issue of Foot & Ankle International.
Footloose with Medicare dollars?: Investigators concerned by sharp increase in artificial feet
Feb 16, 2012
Physicians and federal investigators are concerned about a dramatic surge in Medicare spending for artificial feet for beneficiaries. While the number of diabetes-related lower limb amputations is falling,...