Mortality Rates in New Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: A Call for Comprehensive Management Approaches #ActAgainstAmputation

A recent cohort study published in Diabetologia by Naomi Holman, Arthur C. Yelland, Bob Young, Jonathan Valabhji, William Jeffcoate, and Fran Game highlights the alarming short-term mortality rates in individuals presenting with new diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs). The study analyzed data from 71,000 people registered in the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA) in England... Continue Reading →

An Enigma Wrapped in Edema: Charcot Neuropathic OsteoArthropathy @DiabetesCareADA @ALPSlimb #ActAgainstAmputation

Important work from Jeffcoate and Game in Diabetes Care continues the slow, steady march toward measuring, managing, and understanding what I like to call an enigma wrapped in edema. The Charcot Foot Reflects a Response to Injury That Is Critically Distorted by Preexisting Nerve Damage: An Imperfect Storm William Jeffcoate and Fran Game It has... Continue Reading →

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