Our colleagues Larry Lavery and Andrew Crisologo, alongside lead author Orhan Öz, have published a significant prospective study in Diabetologia. Their work tackles one of the most difficult challenges in limb preservation: accurately diagnosing diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) and, crucially, knowing when the infection is actually gone. The Challenge of the "Gold Standard" While bone... Continue Reading →
MRI Monitoring in Charcot Foot: Valuable Insight or Victim of Modern Imaging Technology? #VOMIT #ActAgainstAmputation #CharcotArthropathy
Our colleagues from Lund, Sweden, have just added a valuable new data point to a growing conversation about the role—and risks—of imaging in Charcot foot care. Their retrospective cohort study, published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, analyzed 143 Charcot events in 122 individuals, comparing those who were monitored using follow-up MRI with those... Continue Reading →