These wounds can become infected, leading to serious complications like diabetic ulcers ... 15% of people with diabetes will experience a foot ulcer, and 14%-25% of those will need an amputation.

A combination of these factors puts many diabetic patients at risk of foot ulcers that get infected and do not heal ... applying medication and dressing the ulcer, getting weight taken off the ...

Diabetes is a long-term condition caused by defi­ciency in quantity or function of insulin, the chemical controlling the level of sugar in the blood. People with diabetes par­ticularly when ...

However, Dr. Tyler Coye, a foot surgeon at Baylor Medicine specializing in limb salvage, saw the potential to save Samano's leg. Save the Extremity Program (STEP), part of the Division of Vascular ...