On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
A provocative 2026 cohort moves PMMA away from the diabetic foot wound and into remote calf tunnels. The idea is genuinely interesting—but extensive decompression, major reporting problems, and an unproven mechanism make this a signal to investigate, not a treatment to adopt.
The logic behind antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) in the infected diabetic foot gets more attractive the longer you stare at it. Pack a debrided, infected wound with PMMA carrying vancomycin or gentamicin and you buy three things at once: a local antibiotic depot eluting at concentrations no IV line could safely deliver, obliteration of dead... Continue Reading →
