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Rewind the Journey: The Preventability Index in Diabetic Limb Salvage
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explores the "Preventability Index," a framework for replaying a patients timeline to identify missed opportunities that could have prevented a…
14 hours ago
Forgotten Infection Friday — Nocardia: The Weakly Acid‑Fast Impostor
Season 1 Episode 1
A 62-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes presented with weeks of cough, weight loss, night sweats, and cavitary lung lesions initially suspe…
1 day, 19 hours ago
The Hair Test One of the Simplest Clues in Limb Salvage
Season 1 Episode 1
Imagine a patient with no complaints whose foot hair has vanished. This episode explains the "hair test"—how absent hair on the toes and feet can be …
2 days, 19 hours ago
Nystatin Uncovered: Why It Heals Some Foot Fungi and Fails Others
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode of Diabetic Foot Files dives into nystatin: its history, how it kills Candida, and why it often works for moist, macerated toe-web infec…
3 days, 18 hours ago
Zaynich: A New Weapon Against MDR Gram-Negatives
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G explores Zaynich (cefepime + ZD-bactam), a newly FDA-approved IV antibiotic designed to overcome multi-…
4 days, 19 hours ago
Sarcopenia & Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Why Muscle Matters
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explains sarcopenia—the progressive loss of skeletal muscle—and how diabetes accelerates it, increasing risk of poor mobility, delayed w…
6 days, 16 hours ago
To Masquelet or Not to Masquelet? Masquelet Magic: How an Induced Membrane Saves Limbs
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explains the Masquelet (induced membrane) technique — a two-stage reconstructive approach where infected bone is removed, an antibiotic-…
1 week ago
Forgotten Infection Friday: Ecthyma Gangrenosum — The Rapidly Deadly Black Lesion
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explains ecthyma gangrenosum: a rapidly evolving, black necrotic skin lesion most classically caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa invading …
1 week, 1 day ago
LIMBWatch Series: Riley Csernica, VP of Product Development at DARCO International: From Napkin to Norm: GO Line ™ Unveiled & The DARCO Story Behind Modern Offloading
Season 1 Episode 1
On this episode of Limb Watch, Riley Csernica, VP of Product Development at DARCO International, recounts the company’s origin and explains the GO Li…
1 week, 4 days ago
The Wound That Hated Debridement: Recognizing Pathergy and Great mimics of Diabetic Foot Infection
Season 1 Episode 1
A patient with a presumed infected diabetic foot ulcer worsens after debridement and escalating antibiotics. This episode explores pathergy — an exag…
1 week, 5 days ago