On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Has the day finally arrived? Perhaps soon, this will occur in the equivalent of a tattoo parlor or an electronics store! via Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin : NPR
Read More Has “modding” ones body finally hit the mainstream? Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their SkinThis great work from our SALSAmigos at University of Michigan. In short: implementation of Podiatry in a University Health System cut amputation rates in half, doubled preventative surgical procedures and shifted care from inpatient to outpatient. AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Diabetes foot complications remain very prevalent in US and worldwide, and a major risk for devastating amputations. We […]
Read More Mining Big Data Shows Podiatry’s Massive Effect on University Health Systems and Limb Preservation @UMich #ToeandFlow #ActAgainstAmputationDavid G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California was the featured speaker at the sold-out fifteenth Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Santiago, Chile, this past weekend. “To have Professor Armstrong here is important for us.” […]
Read More SALSA @USC’s Armstrong Keynotes Record-Breaking Physical Medicine Congress in Santiago, ChileHere are the lectures for the Chilean Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where we take a look into the future of limb preservation and wearables/sensors, worldwide. Lecture 1: The Diabetic Foot: The Global State of Play (with old and new technologies) Lecture 2: Reconstructive Diabetic Foot Surgery: A Philosophy Lecture 3: Also: As […]
Read More Attending the Chilean National Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (or not)? Here are your lectures! #ActAgainstAmputation #ToeandFlow @apmaPlease enjoy this superb post— a look into the not too distant future. via Electrifying New Technologies for Patients | Merck Group Also: Compare it to our talk of six years ago
Read More Electrifying New Technologies for Patients Means Wearable and Implantable SensorsThe International Diabetic Foot Conference, better known as DFCon, celebrated its 18th year with speakers from the world’s top academic institutions as well as a renewed focus on the next generation of men and women working in limb preservation. “This year’s symposium has had an added sense of purpose”, noted Joseph Mills, Professor of Surgery […]
Read More DFCon18 Honors Lavery, Welcomes Next Generation to DFCon19 in Los AngelesBy request…here are your lectures. As always, feel free to copy, improve and pay it forward!
Read More Heartland Foot and Ankle Conference: Here are your lectures! @IowaPodiatry #ToeandFlow #ActAgainstAmputationThe ADA’s Compendium on Diabetic Foot Care has now been published and is available for download. The presentation is here.
Read More American Diabetes Association 2018 Compendium on Diabetic Foot ComplicationsLaura Shin, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Program Director of Education for the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at Keck Medical Center of USC became the first podiatric surgeon to present to the interdisciplinary research rounds within plastic and reconstructive surgery. “It is a pleasure to have Dr. Shin present her work at today’s […]
Read More SALSA’s Laura Shin is first podiatric surgeon to give plastic surgery research rounds @KeckMedUSCvia (2) The Harm Scale Analysing wounds requires to have a look at it at five levels, from the molecule up to the social environment of the patient (Smit 2018). To understand events in wounded cells and tissue, it is important to realise that cells and tissues have a range of states related to damage. The […]
Read More Perhaps wounds (like strokes) can have a penumbra– let’s call it a zone of Harm (after its author)!
