Diabetic foot ulcers are open wounds that occur on the feet of people with diabetes. It happens when the blood sugar levels ...

High transepidermal water loss with a cutoff of 30.05 g/m2/h was associated with a higher risk for diabetic foot ulcer recurrence.

Diabetic foot ulcers can be slow to heal and prone to recurring. A new study employed an existing method, used on burns patients, to assess the degree of water loss from the skin and found that ...

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and serious complication of diabetes, often recurring even after successful healing.

As a youngster, wound treatment is often limited to bandages and maybe stitches, with a scar being one of the worst potential ...

Reference: Sen CK, Gordillo GM, Roy S, et al. High transepidermal water loss at the site of wound closure is associated with increased recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers: The NIDDK diabetic foot ...

Head-to-head study comparing BioREtain®- processed Amnion Chorion (BR-AC) allograft to standard of care initiated in Q4 2024 ...

Scientists, working together through the NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium, evaluated over 400 study participants who had a diabetic foot ulcer that visually appeared to be closed or healed. They ...

TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Compromised restoration of the skin barrier function of closed diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), as measured by high transepidermal water loss (TEWL), is ...

Men with diabetes are significantly more likely to have foot or leg amputations compared to women with diabetes. In fact, ...

Dr. Chandan Sen, director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, calls diabetic foot ulcers "invisible wounds." Sen is also a professor in the Department ...