amputation prevention

AMP 2023

An Update on the ADA’s Amputation Prevention Alliance

08/16/2023

Dr Robert Gabbay, chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), presented an update on the Amputation Prevention Alliance,

Dr Robert Gabbay, chief...

08/16/2023

Vascular Disease Management

Scientific Abstracts

Abstracts From the Amputation Prevention Symposium (AMP), August 17-20, 2022, Chicago, Illinois

09/20/2022

Read the abstracts that were submitted to AMP, which took place August 17-20, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. These abstracts cover a variety of topics, with a focus on PAD, CLI, and amputation prevention.

Read the abstracts that were...

09/20/2022

Vascular Disease Management

Perspectives

April Is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month: Six Limb-Saving Lessons Learned by Physicians Recognized as PAD Patient Champions

04/30/2022

Steve Berkowitz , MD, FACC;

Kirstin Rizk ;

Stopping amputations.

04/30/2022

Vascular Disease Management

Prevention of Bilateral Amputation with a Roll On Total Contact Cast System: What comes first, Amputation or Total Contact Casting?

Problem: Lower limb amputation, when performed to address chronic wounds, is associated with increased risk of wound recurrence, infection and mortality postoperatively.1 Therefore, when ...

Robert J. Klein , DPM, FACFAS, CWS;

01/28/2021

Prevention of Bilateral Amputation with a Roll On Total Contact Cast System: What comes first, Amputation or Total Contact Casting?

Problem: Lower limb amputation, when performed to address chronic wounds, is associated with increased risk of wound recurrence, infection and mortality postoperatively.1 Therefore, when ...

Robert J. Klein , DPM, FACFAS, CWS;

11/23/2020

Case Report

Focusing on Amputation Prevention in a Challenging PAD Anatomical Subset

05/21/2019

Enrique Hernandez , MD;

Ivan Montoya , MD;

Yohandy Fuentes , DPM, PGY-2;

The authors present a technique by gaining direct needle access retrograde into the proximal SFA occlusion using extravascular ultrasound with the goal of both increasing the probability of success and shortening procedural time.

The authors present a technique...

05/21/2019

Vascular Disease Management