title: Negative pressure wound therapy and other new therapies for diabetic foot ulceration: the current state of play.
abstract: As of 2012, the number of people with diabetes is increasing in every country, and half of the people with diabetes do not know they are afflicted with the malady.1 Furthermore, it is believed that every 20 seconds a lower limb is lost around the world because of complications related to diabetes.6 In a short period, NPWT has transformed wound care across the globe, and other technologies are beginning to emerge that may provide clinicians with the tools necessary for identifying wounds at risk for delayed healing and recurrence. The future of diabetic limb salvage will rely heavily on these and other advances.
authors.affiliation: Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, AZ 85724, USA.
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Isaac
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Diabetic foot ulcer; Negative pressure wound therapy; Theragnostics; Wound chemotherapy