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Promoting Limb Salvage through Multi-Disciplinary Care of the Diabetic Patient

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Despite an explosion in the number of options available for helping diabetic patients heal wounds, major amputation remains a critical issue for these persons. Since diabetes prematurely ages tissues and no organ system is immune to its presence, it makes inherent sense that multi-disciplinary team approaches to these patients is necessary to make significant strides forward. Here, we present literature from the fields of podiatric surgery/medicine, vascular and plastic surgery and introduce the successes that a multi-disciplinary limb salvage center can have on the lives and limbs of patients with diabetes.

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Funding for this work was supported in part by DOD Award: CDMRP/OPORP; OP140015.

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  1. Podiatry Section, Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA, 30033, USA

    Nichol L. Salvo DPM

  2. Division Plastic Surgery, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Emory University, 550 Peachtree St, MOT 9th floor, Atlanta, GA, 30319, USA

    Mark D. Walsh MD, FACS

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Surgery and Research Services, Emory University, 101 Woodruff Circle Suite 5105, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Luke P. Brewster MD, PhD, RVT, FACS, FAHA

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Salvo, N.L., Walsh, M.D. & Brewster, L.P. Promoting Limb Salvage through Multi-Disciplinary Care of the Diabetic Patient. Curr Treat Options Cardio Med 19, 55 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11936-017-0547-1

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