Review scope Included studies compared usual care (e.g., control of glycemia, revascularization, debridement, off-loading, and metabolic and infection controls) plus HBO with usual care alone in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and chronic lower-extremity ulcers attributable to diabetes. Outcomes included ulcer healing (complete epithelialization of the wound), major (above the ankle joi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical role of noncontact, low-frequency ultrasound therapy (MIST Therapy System; Celleration, Eden Prairie, Minnesota) in the treatment of chronic lower-extremity wounds. DESIGN A retrospective observational study. SETTING A multidisciplinary, vascular wound-healing clinic. PATIENTS One hundred sixty-three patients who received MIST Therapy plus standard of ca...

INTRODUCTION Pedal Wounds secondary to complications related to Diabetes Mellitus Wounds related to diabetes mellitus are multifactorial in etiology. Primary factors contributing to chronic diabetic foot ulceration include peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease. Secondary factors including limited joint mobility, neuropathic osteoarthropathy (Charcot foot), and a depressed immune...

BACKGROUND Negative-pressure wound therapy is a technique to achieve wound healing in patients with non-healing wounds of the lower limb; vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is a technique to accelerate the healing of non-healing ulcers that fail to heal on their own (primary healing) (Plast Reconstr Surg 117:193-209S, 2006). Delayed wound healing or non-healing of ulcers is a significant hea...

Lower extremity peripheral arterial occlusive disease poses a unique challenge to traditional angioplasty-based endovascular therapies. The diffuse nature of lower extremity atherosclerotic disease, the presence of chronic total occlusions, poor distal runoff, and the presence of critical limb ischemia all have contributed to the disappointing results of balloon angioplasty for complex infraing...

HYPOTHESIS Female sex negatively affects the durability of percutaneous angioplasty of native arteries supplying the lower extremity. DESIGN Outcome analysis of the results of percutaneous angioplasty of lower extremity arteries in a single vascular surgery practice. SETTING University-affiliated community hospital. PATIENTS All patients undergoing percutaneous intervention on lower extre...

No. 11106 Title OUTCOMES AFTER FLAP RECONSTRUCTION FOR EXTREMITY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY USING PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS Authors Seungcheol Kang, Han-Soo Kim, Ilkyu Han Institution Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background Limb-preserving surgery has become the standard of treatment for extremity soft tissue sarcoma...