DFCon 2010 Accepted Abstracts

 

Evolution of the First Chair on Diabetic Foot Research in Saudi Arabia: Where to Start?
Hasan Alzahrani, MD

Evaluation of a Silver Collagen Based Gel and Attained Pain Relief in Arterial Ulcers
Diane Heasley, MSN

A Novel Robotic Monofilament Test for Diabetic Neuropathy
Chumpon Wilasrusmee, MD; Jackrit Suthakorn, MD; Yuttana Itsarachaiyot, B.En;
Vera Sa-lng, B.En; Wirawat Sirisopha, B.En; Napaphat Proprom, B.Sc;
Panuwat Lertsithichai, MD; Plubplung Tangsakuntong, B.A.

The use of a one-piece shape-metal Nitinol intramedullary
internal fixation device for arthrodesis of the proximal interphalangeal
joint in neuropathic patients with diabetes

Thomas Roukis, DPM, PhD

Diabetic patients with foot burns
Diana Gordienko, RN; Svetlana Wolfson, RN; Pnina Granat, RN

Diabetic Foot complications Our Experience in its managements
Hamza Aboud, MD, PhD

Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis can be
successfully treated with antibiotics

Mohamed Soliman, MSc; Sandesh Acharya, MBB Ch; A. Egun, FRCS; S.M. Rajbhandari, MRCP

Patients without service; establishing a new
multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic in Sharkia, Egypt

Mohamed Soliman, MSc; M.R. El-Kaseer, MD; E. El-Shorbagy, MD;
I. Salim, MD; S.M. Rajbhandari, MRCP

End stage leg disease of diabetes
Mohamed Soliman, MSc; S.M. Rajbhandari, MRCP

Is it legitimate to compare diabetic foot service in
Egypt and the UK (Epidemiological comparison)

Mohamed Soliman, MSc; M.R. El-Kaseer, MD; S.M. Rajbhandari, MRCP

The Use of a Dermal Substitute in Diabetic Foot Wounds with Tendon and
Bone Exposure following Urgent Surgical
Debridement for Acute Infection
Giacomo Clerici, MD; Maurizio Caminiti, MD; Vincenzo Curci, MD;
Antonella Quarantiello, MD; Ezio Faglia, MD

Posterior Flap versus Fish-mouth Skin Incision for
the Below Knee Amputation in the Diabetic Patients

In Tak Chu, MD; Ho Jin Lee, MD

Microbiology and Antibiotic Selection for Diabetic Foot Infections
Se-Jin Park, MD; Haw-Jae Jung, MD; Hun-Kyu Shin, MD; Eugene Kim, MD;
Jong-Jun Lim, MD; Ji-Woong Yoon, MD

Effectiveness of Actovegin in Cases of Different Stages
of Peripheral Angiopathy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Maksym Gorobeiko, MD

Successful Treatment of Recalcitrant Chronic Diabetic Foot Wounds
with Transdermal Continuous Oxygen Therapy: Reviving the Dead (wound)

Perry Mayer, MB, MCh

Low Intensity Low Frequency Ultrasound, Surface Acoustic
Waves (LILFU/SAW) Cause Healing in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Jonathan Rosenblum, DPM; Eileen Chusid, MD, PhD; Constantine Reinus, MD, PhD; Marc Victor Assous, MD

Treatment of a Limb Threatening Wound with Dermal Replacement
Therapy, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, and Cell Proliferation Induction (CPI):
A Successful Combination of Multimodal Therapies

Robert Frykberg, DPM, MPH; Edward Tierney, DPM; Arthur Tallis, DPM

IZ-161 is Efficacacious for Treatment of
Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Review of a Pilot Study

Jonathan Rosenblum, DPM; Menachem Oberbaum, MD; Roi Shepeard Singer, MD; Noah Samuels, MD

Activated Collagen Accelerates Wound Repair and Modulates
Cytokine Production in Whole Blood and PBMC Cultures

Gregg Pott, PhD; K. Scott Beard, PhD; Matthew Regulski, DPM; Leland Shapiro, MD

A Natural Loofa Scrub Soap Prepared from Dead Sea for Care of Diabetic Foot
Daria Maggi, MD; Emanuela Camera, MD; Elva Abril, MD; Mauro Picardo, MD;
Anna Rita Maurizi, MD; Silvia Manfrini, MD; Paolo Pozzilli, MD

Skin Temperature and Sensation with Peak Plantor
Pressures of the Foot in Individuals with Type II Diabetes

Mansoo Ko, PhD; Hannah Andrews, Master of Physical Therapy

Diabetic Foot: Treatment Protocol
Jordi Viade, DPM, PhD; Josep Royo, MD; Queralt Jordano, MD; Luís García, MD;
Maria José Barahona, MD; Teresa Huguet, DP; Montserrat Ysamat, MD;
Josep Lluís Dolz, MD; Jordi Anglada, MD

Predicting the Outcome of Diabetic Patients with Foot Ulcers:
Serum Albumin and Hemoglobin Levels as Potential Indicators

Rie Yotsu, MD, MIPH; Sumiyuki Mii MD; Hikaru Eto, MD, PhD

Low-Frequency Ultrasound Debridement for
Controlling Malodorous Fungating Wounds

Kazu Suzuki, DPM; Joel Aronowitz, MD

Low-Frequency Ultrasound Debridement in
the Management of Severe Burn Wounds

Kazu Suzuki, DPM; Joel Aronowitz, MD

Popliteal to Distal Artery Bypass - Usefulness for the
Patients with Diabetes or End-Stage Renal Disease

Masashi Inaba, MD; Tadahiro Sasajima, MD, PhD; Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD;
Hisashi Uchida, MD; Atsuhiro Koya, MD; Taku Kokubo, MD

Outcome of leg bypasses using less than 3mm vein conduit in critical leg ischemia
Hani Slim, MD; Alok Tiwari, MD; Carsten Ritter, MD; Michael Edmonds, PhD, MD; Hisham Rashid, MSc

Integrating specialist foot care (Podiatry) services into a primary care setting
Monique Mitchell, DPM

Lower Limb Distal Revascularisation in Ethnic Minorities in U.K.
Alok Tiwari, MD; Hani Slim, MD; Carsten Ritter, MD; Michael Edmonds, PhD, MD; Hisham Rashid, MSc

The Surgical Use of Extra Strength Porcine Urinary
Bladder Matrix in Treating Full Thickness Diabetic Wounds

Howard Kimmel, DPM

A noval approach using angioplasty for recanalisation of
chronically occluded bypass vein bypass grafts for limb salvage

Hani Slim, MD; Dean Huang, MRCPCH, FRCR; Hisham Rashid, MSc; Alok Tiwari, MD; Carsten Ritter, MD

Distal bypass grafts in patients with critical limb ischemia with poor pedal arch
Hani Slim, MD; Alok Tiwari, MD; Carsten Ritter, MD; Michael Edmonds, PhD, MD; Hisham Rashid, MSc

Is distal bypass justified in patients with renal failure?
Carsten Ritter, MD; Hani Slim, MD; Alok Tiwari, MD; Michael Edmonds, PhD, MD; Hisham Rashid, MSc

Early and Aggressive Management of Stage 0 Charcot
Wenjay Sung, DPM; Dane K. Wukich, MD; Shelly A.M. Wipf, DPM; David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

One Year Amputation Free Survival of Bypass Grafts Using the
Superficial Femoral or Popliteal Artery for Inflow in Critical Leg Ischaemia

Hani Slim, MD; Ahmad Ali, MD; Karim El-Sakka, MD; James Brown, MD; Hisham Rashid, MSc

The Use of Porcine Urinary Bladder Matrix Powder in the Treatment of Diabetic Wound Dehisences
Howard Kimmel, DPM

Using Human Fibroblast Derived Dermal Substitute in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds
Howard Kimmel, DPM

Charcot Foot Ulcers: An Easy-To-Make Offloading Cast
Melcior Lladó, DPM; Vicente Pereg, MD; Mercedes Codina, MD; Elena Mena, MD; Santiago Tofé, MD;
María Cladera, Diabetes Educator Nurse; María Bestard, Diabetes Educator Nurse

A Novel Modification to the 128MHz Tuning Fork Test to
Decrease User Subjectivity and its Comparison to Biothesiometry

John Schwerdt, DPM (’10); Khurram Khan, DPM; Anthony D’Antoni, PhD

The incidence of foot problems in the Chinese population
with Diabetes Mellitus and End Stage Renal Disease undergoing
renal replacement therapy in Hong Kong

Heidi Corcoran, B.Sc Podiatry; Stella Ming Shi Chai, B.Sc Podiatry; Zeta Yee Man Kong, B.Sc Podiatry;
George Hei Man Lam, B.Sc Podiatry; Sarah Pui Shan Tse, B.Sc Podiatry;
Man Ching Law, B.Sc Nursing; Kai Ming Chow, MB Ch B FRCP; Philip K.T. Li, MB Ch B FRCP

Outcomes after Bypass and Amputation in England 2002-2007
Paul Moxey, MRCS; David Hofman, MSc; Robert Hinchliffe, MD;
Keith Jones, MD; Peter Holt, MRCS; Matt Thompson, MD

The diabetic foot problem in Belgium
Mandy Claessens, PhD; Noëmi Debacker, MSc; Frank Nobels, MD; Patricia Félix, MD;
Maria Flour, MD; Giovanni Matricali, MD, PhD; Kristien Van Acker, MD; Viviane van Casteren, MD

Saline Instillation During Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Results in Increased Granulation Tissue Thickness in Swine

Chris Lessing, PhD; Lori LaBarbera, B.S.; Braden Leung, PhD; Deepak Kilpadi, PhD; Amy McNulty, PhD

Using cryopreserved human fibroblast dermal substitute on a wound with exposed bone
Audra Smith, MD

Low Level Therapy in Treatment of Diabetic
Foot Ulcer: Quantitative Microbiologic Study

Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid, Research Fellow;
Nasim Kashef, Assistant Professor of Medical Bacteriology;
Abolfazl Shojaeifard, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery;
Malihe Salami, Researcher; Mohammadreza Mohajeri, Assistant Professor of Endocrinology

The Impact of Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma Gel
on Rapid Wound Improvement in Diabetic Wounds

Robert Frykberg, DPM, MPH; Arthur Tallis, DPM; Edward Tierney, DPM

Diabetic foot ulcer and amputation among T2DM
patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Sonomtseren Sainbileg, MSc; Junai Suvd, PhD; Guntev Tsagaankhuu, PhD; Khasag Altaisaikhan, PhD

Delayed Progress in Wound Area Reduction After Four Weeks
of Standard Care Predicts Failure to Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Robert Warriner, MD; Matt Cardinal, M.E.; Robert Snyder, DPM, CWS

Regranex® Versus Placebo Therapy of Diabetic
Foot Ulcers (DFUs) Off-Loaded with Windowed Casts

Christine Ma, MD, MPH; Li-Jung Liang, PhD; Aksone Nouvong, DPM; Ian Gordon, MD, PhD

Use of human fibroblast derived dermis (Dermagraft) in achieving complete
closure of diabetic foot ulcerations in a VA patient population: A review of 5 cases

James S. Johnston, DPM; Ross Talarico, DPM

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Procellera Antimicrobial
Wound dressing in Conjunction with Negative Pressure Wound
Treatment in the Treatment of Diabetic Ulcers

Ronald Guberman, DPM; Stephen D’Orazi, DPM; Tamira VanNoy, DPM;
Yakov Haimof, DPM; Lennie Peters, DPM; Evelyn Cavalier, DPM;
Lida Faroqi, DPM; Surajudeen Giwa, DPM; Franklyn Harry, DPM

The Art and the Evidence:Healing Diabetic Venous Stasis Ulcers
James Wilcox, BSN

At Home Or In The Hospital – A Simply Yet Effective
OTC Wound Gel That Makes a ''Wound Be Gone''

Kim Eldridge, RNFA; James R. Gleaves, MD

Novel Hydrophilic Gel (Wound Be Gone) Enhances
Healing Via Oxygen Free Radical Binding Technology

Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD; David A. Yeager, DPM; Brandon R. Gumbiner, DPM

Neuropathic Wounds and Ulcers – Treatment with a new topical
gel that binds oxygen free radicals, showing excellent results.

Milton Kondiles, DPM; Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD; Kim Eldridge, RNFA

Wound Healing Using a Free Radical Binding Hydrophilic Polymer Gel
John Hallowell, RN

Enhanced Wound Healing by Binding Reactive Oxygen Species
Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD; Richard M. Mills, PhD; David A. Yeager, DPM

Gas Gangrene – A Case Study
Ronald Guberman, DPM; Lida Faroqi DPM; AnandKumar PatelDPM; Olutunde Shoniguns DPM

Necrotizing Fasciitis – A Case Study
Ronald Guberman, DPM; Lida Faroqi DPM; Surajudeem Giwa DPM; LeMarra Brown DPM