Resources and Links for Diabetes and Diabetic Foot

Reviewed September 8, 2026 · Current guidance, patient education, and the SALSA teaching archive.

Find a starting point for care, teaching, or building a limb-preservation team. Guidelines appear first; our older articles remain available in the teaching archive below.

Clinical guidelines

• IWGDF guidelines (2023 edition) — prevention, classification, infection, peripheral artery disease, offloading, wound healing, and Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy. IWGDF identifies 2027 as the next planned update.
• IWGDF/IDSA guideline on diabetes-related foot infections (2023) — the joint guideline’s official publication page.
• IWGDF offloading guideline (2023) — recommendations and supporting material.
• NICE NG19: Diabetic foot problems—prevention and management — the maintained NICE guideline page.
• Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Review — Armstrong, Tan, Boulton, and Bus, JAMA (2023).

For patients and families

• NIH/NIDDK: Diabetes and foot problems — everyday foot care and when to contact your care team.
• JAMA Patient Page: What Are Diabetic Foot Ulcers? (2023) — an illustrated explanation of ulcers and recurrence.
• SALSA’s video teaching collection — patient and clinician videos from across the archive.
• David Armstrong on YouTube — talks, conversations, and new videos.

Data for teaching and advocacy

• Diabetic Foot: Facts and Figures — selected estimates with source links and reporting years.
• IDF Diabetes Atlas — global and national estimates.
• CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report — U.S. diabetes surveillance.
• The ZIP Code Lottery — geography, access, and limb preservation.

People, research, and training

• Meet the SALSA team and explore clinical care and research.
• SALSA@USC Fellowship and Visiting Scholars Program.
• Research Constellation and Global Impact.
• American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) — connect with the limb-preservation community.
• Support SALSA through USC — the official giving destination.