On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
We are pleased to highlight more initial data with Tibial Cortex Transverse Transport (TTT). This novel approach offers a potential additional intervention for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and severe diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The TTT technique, as detailed in a recent case series from our colleagues in Boston, demonstrates the potential for improved... Continue Reading →
The study by Liao et al. (2023) suggests significant differences in early hemodynamics after tibial transverse transport in patients with diabetic foot, focusing on those with nonarterial stenosis versus arterial stenosis. High-frequency color Doppler ultrasonography and laser Doppler flowmetry were used to assess changes. The study contributes to our understanding of diabetic foot treatment by... Continue Reading →
This, ladies and gents, reminds me of the mechanism of action of negative pressure wound therapy-- matrix perturbation! In the relentless pursuit of groundbreaking solutions to address diabetic wound healing, a recent manuscript by Shou et al., unveils a promising stride in the realm of regenerative medicine. The collaborative research initiative led by our esteemed... Continue Reading →
Callus distraction to heal heel ulcers in type 2 diabetes This work from Jianda and coworkers. There are more and more reports on using this technique to ostensibly improve or augment blood flow in tissue repair. Heel ulceration in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major clinical challenge, manifesting with a protracted and uncertain... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Chang and coworkers on this effort. This makes us want to reach back to work from our team a dozen or so years ago, where we failed to really explore this fascinating area of creating, in essence, a distress signal in the bone leading to upregulation of factors that can potentially help toward... Continue Reading →
