This from Brian Schmidt and Christine Jarocki of University of Michigan Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise. Diabetic foot ulcers with osteomyelitis are a diabetes-related complication presenting a significant burden to this cohort. A cure to diabetic foot osteomyelitis remains elusive and standard of care has failed to improve outcomes. To advance […]

This by way of Lex Davis of KSOM’s public affairs department! David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD , co-director of Keck Medicine of USC’s limb salvage program, had a patient with a problem. Post-surgery, the patient had developed necrotic tissue at the site of the wound—according to an AI algorithm, the wound was 46% necrotic. […]

This, courtesy of Digital Trends magazine Steve Sinclair, the senior vice president of product and marketing at a Silicon Valley startup called Mojo Vision, is excited about the technology his company is developing. And he’s betting you’ll be excited, too — so excited that you’ll forget all about the fact that using it requires you to […]

Excellent work from Jupiter and coworkers Transmetatarsal and Minor Amputation Versus Major Leg Amputation: 30-Day Readmissions, Reamputations, and Complications Aims: The optimal level of lower-extremity amputation, particularly in diabetic patients with ulceration, is debated. Proximal amputations more greatly decrease function versus distal amputations, but healing and compli- cation rates may differ between the 2 types. […]

Here is the full-text of our manuscript, Wound Centers Without Walls, published in the journal Wounds.

A very thoughtful piece from our SALSAmigo Rafael Mazuz

Here’s the DFOOT International Keynote “Limb in the Time of COVID”

Amidst all this frenetic activity, I have been taken by the strange virtual intimacy. I hope that some of this good stuff sticks around and outweighs the bad post pandemic.