Patients with an infected diabetic foot ulcer have a far worse prognosis than previously thought, with 15% of patients dying within a year, less than half of the ulcers healing in the same time period ...

Sucrose octasulfate dressing (UrgoStart Contact, Laboratoires Urgo Medical) shows promise as an option for treating neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcers, new research finds. Results from a randomized, ...

Do you have any tips for determining if a foot wound is a diabetic (neuropathic) ulcer or a pressure ulcer? Both diabetic ulcers and pressure ulcers can occur on the feet. The diabetic ulcer typically ...

A topical cream that helps regulate macrophage activity was effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, a clinical trial reported. In 236 patients with foot ulcers treated for 16 weeks, the proportion ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The incidence of foot ulcers developing in diabetes patients is decreasing, particularly in Type 2 diabetes, say researchers. Presenting the findings at the European Association for the Study of ...

Diabetic foot ulcer recurrence may now be more predictable due to a study that identifies compromised skin barrier function as a key warning sign. Researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes ...

Diabetic foot ulcers can be slow to heal and prone to recurring. A new study employed an existing method, used on burns patients, to assess the degree of water loss from the skin and found that it was ...

Participants in the antimicrobial-dressing treatment arm experienced an additional 119 healing events. However, the researchers considered this "low-certainty evidence," due to risk of bias. Use of an ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Diabetic Foot Ulcer Therapeutics - Pipeline Analysis 2017" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. Diabetic Foot Ulcer Pipeline in 2017 The study ...