Eighteen years ago, Larry Lavery and I stood up at the Malvern Diabetic Foot Meeting dinner and performed four Beatles rewrites in honor of Andrew Boulton. It brought the house down. As Malvern turns 40, here are the videos โ writers' room, performance, applause, and Abbey walls โ rescued, remastered, and archived for the record.
A Legacy of Leadership and Limb Preservation โ Deanโs Chat with the UT San Antonio Diabetic Foot โFab Fourโ #ActAgainstAmputation
I recently had the privilege of joining a truly special episode of the Deanโs Chat podcast, hosted by the inimitable Dr. Jeffrey Jensen. This conversation was a reunion of sortsโan opportunity to reflect, reminisce, and reimagine the future of diabetic limb preservation with three close colleagues and friends: Dr. Lawrence Harkless, Dr. Lawrence Lavery, and Dr. John... Continue Reading →
Amputation and infection are the greatest fears in patients with diabetes foot complications #ActAgainstAmputation @ALPSlimb
This updated study from our long-time friend Wukich and coworkers confirms what many of our patients relate: that they fear amputation and diabetic foot infection proportionally worse than death. Aims To determine the degree patients with diabetic foot ulcers, Charcot neuroarthropathy and neuropathic fractures and dislocations fear complications (death, dialysis, heart attack, stroke, blindness, diabetic... Continue Reading →