Diabetic Foot Ulcers

By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS In this last of our three-part series on lower extremity wounds, we will focus our attention on diabetic foot/neuropathic ulcers. Research indicates that the United State...

By the WoundSource Editors For people with diabetes who develop a wound, the statistics are high. The data are as overwhelming as the cost of care, and the outcome if these wounds do not heal is of...

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD The CDC recently published encouraging data in the New England Journal of Medicine about a decline in the rate of five major complications related to diabetes mellitus: h...

By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Diabetes is the number one cause of amputation for wound care patients. Individuals with diabetes need monitoring and education about the dangers they face on a dail...

Dr. Garoufalis discusses the relationship between diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foot ulcer....

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN As summer gives way to fall, one of the first thoughts most of us have is back to school. Patients and caregivers often feel as though every day is the...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Total contact casting (TCC) is considered to be the 'gold standard' in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Although TCC is often very successful in h...

What is ulcer remission? How can this concept typically used regarding patients with cancer apply to those healing from DFUs? ...

By the WoundSource Editors In patients with diabetes, the lifetime risk of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is approximately 25%, and these wounds are frequently a source of pain and discomfort. Severe ...

By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM Unequal limb length (ULL) is a clinical problem that is more common than most clinicians realize and is one for which most patients are rarely evaluated. Common problems ass...