This open-access consensus (Advances in Wound Care, 2025) synthesizes practical, evidence-driven guidance for the bedside management of diabetic woundsโspanning pathophysiology, glycemic care, infection/biofilm control, vascular assessment and revascularization, offloading, surgery, pain, dressings, and emerging therapies. Contributors (acknowledged individually)โข Henry C. Hsiaโข Elof Erikssonโข Geoffrey C. Gurtnerโข Aristidis Vevesโข Osama Hamdyโข David J. Margolisโข David G.... Continue Reading →
From Controversies to Consensus: Rethinking Exercise in Diabetic Foot Disease #ActAgainstAmputation #Exercise
What happens when one of the oldest prescriptions in medicineโmovementโis withheld from one of the most at-risk patient populations? This important question is tackled head-on in a recent review by Sutkowska, Korzon-Burakowska, and Biernat, titled โOn the Merits of Targeted and Individualized Physical Exercise in Persons with Diabetic Foot Disease โ From Controversies to Consensusโ . In... Continue Reading →
Chronic wounds: Treatment consensus @WoundHeal @alpslimb #ActAgainstAmputation #WoundHealing
Chronic wounds: Treatment consensus Elof Erikssonย 1,ย Paul Y Liuย 2,ย Gregory S Schultzย 3,ย Manuela M Martins-Greenย 4,ย Rica Tanakaย 5,ย Dot Weirย 6,ย Lisa J Gouldย 7,ย David G Armstrongย 8,ย Gary W Gibbonsย 9,ย Randy Wolcottย 10,ย Oluyinka O Olutoyeย 11ย 12,ย Robert S Kirsnerย 13,ย Geoffrey C Gurtnerย 14 Up to date consensus on wound healing from an international interdisciplinary consensus committee published in Wound Repair and Regeneration. It was great fun to participate. Kudos to Lisa... Continue Reading →
Screening, diagnosis and management of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy in clinical practice: International expert consensus recommendations #Neuropathy #DiabeticFoot #PDN #ActAgainstAmputation
Great work by an all-star consensus panel with practical recommendations. Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) affects around one third of people with diabetes and accounts for considerable morbidity, increased risk of mortality, reduced quality of life, and increased health care costs resulting particularly from neuropathic pain and foot ulcers. Painful DSPN is encountered in 13-26% of... Continue Reading →