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Cost-effectiveness of dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane allografts in lower extremity diabetic ulcer treatment

DHACM FPFU was associated with lower overall costs in the first year, despite higher treatment costs. This cost saving was due to lower amputation rates and lower healthcare resource utilisation (for...

A guillotine amputation at the ankle level—how to quickly remove a septic foot: a case report

A 62-year-old female patient with poorly controlled diabetes and hypertension presented to a local medical centre's emergency department for evaluation of her right foot. One month before, while...

Observed impact of skin substitutes in lower extremity diabetic ulcers: lessons from the medicare database (2015–2018)

In the analysed dataset, 9,738,760 patients had a confirmed diabetes diagnosis, within which the metagroup of 909,813 had a confirmed diagnosis of LEDU, spanning 1,336,415 treatment episodes (Fig 1)....

Bacteriophage treatment of intransigent diabetic toe ulcers: a case series

More than 50% of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) become infected1 with ~18% resulting in minor amputation at best.2 The most common infective organism is meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA),...

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