Diabetic foot screening
Prevention is always better than treatment
Diabetic foot complications
– Local wound debridement and wash out
– Digital minor amputation(s)/ forefoot amputation
– Major lower limb amputation
Diabetic lower limb salvage procedures
– Advanced foot wound care dressings- Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) or negative pressure therapy
– Topical oxygen therapy (Natrox™)
– Neuro-stimulation therapy (Geko™)
– Blue Light therapy (EMOLED)
– Split skin grafting
– In conjunction with procedures to unblock blood vessels to the leg and foot (see PAD) to improve blood supply and healing potential