Skin Substitutes, what you need to know
Status is online Dr. Mikel Daniels President , Chief Medical Officer, and Managing Member at WeTreatFeet 8 articles April 2, 2023 Skin substitutes are an important tool in wound care management. They are designed to replace damaged or missing skin and promote healing in difficult-to-treat wounds. There are both high-cost and low-cost skin substitutes available […]
Achilles Lengthening for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Diabetic Foot Ulcer treatment at WeTreatFeet Podiatry, Foot and Ankle Care, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mikel Daniels President , Chief Medical Officer, and Managing Member at WeTreatFeet Diabetic foot ulcers are a common complication of diabetes, affecting up to 25% of patients with diabetes during their lifetime. One of the main causes of diabetic foot ulcers […]
Why does my diabetic foot hurt?
In diabetics, neuropathy is defined as a loss of protective sensation. The condition occurs in what we call and stocking and glove distribution. It starts at the distal ends of the toes and fingers, and moves proximally up the foot/hand into the leg/arm. While there are many causes of peripheral neuropathy, diabetes is the most […]
What is a diabetic foot skin graft?
Open wounds on diabetic feet is a significant and often expensive problem to treat. Diabetic foot wounds, according to Medscape, direct costs for these specific wounds are $9-13 million dollars yearly. [1] While we have many different modalities for treating wounds, one treatment type stands out, skin grafts. A Cochrane review done in February 2016 […]
Modern diabetic wound issues
Diabetic foot wounds are among the most common complications of diabetes, and are some of the more difficult conditions to treat. In the USA, yearly, approximately 8% of diabetic Medicare beneficiaries have a foot ulcer. When these occur, 1.8% of these patients will have an amputation. These are further elevated for patients with lower extremity […]
What is the diabetic foot?
If you have diabetes, one of the most common issues and concerns is your foot. Your foot is a complex structure consisting of 26 bones, 33 joints, and 120 muscles/ligaments/nerves[1]. Each structure has a unique purpose, and diabetes can causes alternation in function for any of them. The most common problem we see in diabetics […]
VIDEO: Dr. Daniels’ patient recalls limb-saving treatment provided by We Treat Feet
In Northwest Hospital’s Gala video, a patient of We Treat Feet’s Dr. Mike Daniels recalls the procedure that ended up saving him his foot. The patient had a very serious condition which combined with his diabetes would have required amputation for most patients without the aggressive treatment provided by Dr. Daniels and his colleagues at […]