On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Diabetic Foot Care with Antibacterial Bone Cement In a solid contribution, a meta-analysis led by Wu et al. (2023), published in the International Wound Journal, has examined the effectiveness of antibacterial bone cement (ABC) in treating infected diabetic foot wounds (IDFWs). This comprehensive analysis, involving decades' worth of research, marks a important step in addressing... Continue Reading →
Intriguing work by Ehya and coworkers. Abstract This study explored the clinical effectiveness of antibiotic-loaded bone cement on primary treatment of diabetic foot infection. This is a randomized controlled study, including thirty-six patients with diabetic foot ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis who had undergone treatment between May 2018 and December 2019. Patients were randomly divided into... Continue Reading →
Crowther and coworkers publish this work in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy lending further strength to the goal of maximizing antimicrobial therapy at the site of infection. Diabetic foot ulcers are notoriously difficult to heal, with ulcers often becoming chronic, in many cases leading to amputation despite weeks or months of antibiotic therapy in addition to... Continue Reading →
