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New research on diabetes-related foot disease is published on an almost daily basis. Keeping track of what is out there and finding the time to read seems a near impossible job at times. DFA aims to provide summaries on latest research from around the globe and nationally to keep you up-to-date.
loading… Drs. Garwood and Steinberg critically discuss the current situation in wound healing products, starting with describing the high influx of emerging wound care modalities, while lacking adequate research. They continue with describing the positive outcomes from negative pressure wound therapy, and the mixed outcomes on both cellular and tissue based products, as well as…
Read Moreloading… The Charcot foot remains an intriguing topic. Despite having a rather small incidence rate in comparison to foot ulcers or amputation, it is a topic that receives a fair bit of attention in research. That is probably explained by the challenging (and interesting) medical questions on the one hand, and the devastating consequences for…
Read Moreloading… Four articles in the special issue are written for a surgical audience The first two deal with the Charcot foot, we have discussed the m here. Prof. Tagoe and his colleagues from the UK discuss the place of Achilles Tendon Lengthening. After some historical and surgical information on this procedure, they discuss the evidence…
Read Moreloading… Research on diabetic foot ulcers can be rather clinically oriented Luckily, there are also many ‘basic science’ brains that attach themselves more to microscopes than patients interested in foot ulcers. Catrina and Zheng, from the prestigious Karolinska Institut in Sweden, discuss the evidence of pathogenic mechanisms at the cell level that are involved in…
Read Moreloading… Not all articles in the DMRR special issue have an exclusive focus on diabetic foot disease These articles are a good reminder that it’s not just about ‘treating the hole in the patient (the ulcer), but about treating the whole of the patient’. Perkasis and Vanderwoude describe the concepts of frailty and sarcopenia. Frailty…
Read Moreloading… To improve nationwide diabetic foot care, auditing and accreditation is encouraged. Diabetes Feet Australia is making our first steps on this long path, for example with the minimum dataset (https://www.diabetesfeetaustralia.org/for-researchers/australian-diabetic-foot-ulcer-minimum-dataset-dictionary/). Compared to Scotland, Germany and Belgium, it is clear we have a long way to go. These three countries are setting standards for us…
Read Moreloading… This is the sixth article in the “DFA Guides You Through” series on Australian and International diabetic foot disease guidelines. In the previous five sections, we have guided you through the two most important evidence-based diabetic foot disease documents available for Australian clinicians: the Australian and International guidelines. However, the journey does not end here; this is where it…
Read Moreloading… This is the fifth article in the “DFA Guides You Through” series on Australian and International diabetic foot disease guidelines. As discussed in our previous article, peripheral artery disease and infection were outside the scope of the Australian guidelines. For the Australian situation, a therapeutic guideline exists for antibiotic use, which can be applied to…
Read Moreloading… This is the fourth article in the “DFA Guides You Through” series on Australian and International diabetic foot disease guidelines. In this article, we compare the Australian guideline and IWGDF guidance on the management of diabetic foot disease. Management of diabetic foot disease is divided in three topics: organization of care and ulcer assessment; footwear and offloading; and…
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