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Residual Osteomyelitis after Conservative Surgery for Diabetic Foot Infection Does Not Increase Recurrence Risk, Study Finds #Diabetes #DiabeticFoot #Osteomyelitis

Introduction:A recent study conducted by our colleagues from the Canary Islands, Aragon-Sanchez et al., investigated the association between residual osteomyelitis at the resection margin and the recurrence of diabetic foot infection. The researchers aimed to determine if positive bone margins, confirmed by microbiology and pathology, were linked to worse outcomes. The findings provide valuable insights... Continue Reading →

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Senescent Diabetic Foot Disease: Upstream comprehensive management of individuals with diabetes with multimorbidity and frailty to #ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot @ALPSlimb @USC @USC_vascular @ResearchatUSC @KeckSchool_USC @VirginiePhD_POD @AeroMD

This manuscript from our combined Quebec/ Palermo / USC family. Virginie Blanchette, David G. Armstrong, Laura Drudi and Manfredi Rizzo This manuscript constitutes a commentary on: “Retrospective cohort study of long-term outcomes and prognostic factors for survival after lower extremity amputation in patients with diabetes” by Vuorlaakso et al. (2023). We aim to contribute to... Continue Reading →

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Study: Fully automated closed loop artificial pancreas

The study from colleagues in Cambridge published in the journal Nature Medicine found that a fully closed-loop insulin delivery system (CamAPS HX) improved glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes, compared to standard insulin therapy and a masked glucose sensor (control). The proportion of time in the target glucose range was 66.3% with closed-loop... Continue Reading →

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Lower Extremity Amputations: A Scorecard Two Decades After the St Vincent Declaration #ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot @ALPSlimb @USC @USC_vascular @ResearchatUSC @KeckSchool_USC

For those of you who remember the 1989 St. Vincent's Declaration, this will be a blast from the past! November 14 is World Diabetes Day, chosen because it is the birthday of Dr Fredrick Banting, one of the codiscoverers of insulin. The 2022 theme is “education to protect tomorrow,” with a focus on providing “access... Continue Reading →

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Artificial Intelligence for Predicting and Diagnosing Complications of Diabetes

This from Hong and coworkers under the aegis of David Klonoff. We're pleased to have participated as well. Artificial intelligence can use real-world data to create models capable of making predictions and medical diagnosis for diabetes and its complications. The aim of this commentary article is to provide a general perspective and present recent advances... Continue Reading →

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Association between Preventive Podiatric Care and Outcomes of New Diabetic Foot Ulceration among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease @USC @KeckSchool_USC, @USC_Vascular @TzeWoeiTan @APMA @ALPSLIMB @VascularCures @VascularSVS

This was just presented by our team at the American Diabetes Association annual symposium. We're thrilled that Tze Woei Tan, lead author, was awarded the Marvin Levin Award for top abstract in its category. The study, the first of its kind, evaluated more than 50,000 patients. Those that received podiatric care prior to developing a... Continue Reading →

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How the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare America’s diabetes crisis @Reuters_Health

A must read, data-rich series from Chad Terhune, Robin Respaut and Deborah J. Nelson of Reuter's Health.

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Incidence of lower extremity amputations among patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the United States from 2010 to 2014

Our data showed a higher incidence of LEA, especially minor LEA, in patients with T1D and T2D compared with those without diabetes, with a greater risk among patients with T1D than patients with T2D. Accounting for known and measurable risk factors for LEA reduced the relative hazard by nearly 50%; … — Read on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32090430/... Continue Reading →

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The Problem: Complications of Diabetes- Podcast Episode Featuring @KeckMedUSC @USC Surgeon David G. Armstrong and @DeptVetAffairs Jeff Robbins

People living with diabetes face serious complications if their disease goes unchecked. Learn how experts are changing limb care and amputation in America. Featuring: David Armstrong; Tamara Hannon.; Jeffrey Robbins.

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@USC Armstrong on the @Buckmastershow – Diabetic Amputations are rising (again)— but there’s hope. Here’s how.

Dr. David Armstrong, Professor of Surgery at USC’s Keck School of Medicine and former University Distringuished Outreach Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona on the Diabetes Epidemic and the rise in its feared complication, amputation.

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