Gossypiboma: The Hidden Sponge Sabotaging Wound Healing
This episode explains gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge), how the body mounts a foreign‑body granuloma response, and why these sponges can mimic infection or tumors and lead to chronic inflammatio...
1 Aug 14min
Forgotten Infection Friday- Melioidosis: The Soil-Borne Killer That Mimics Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Melioidosis is an infection caused by the soil and water bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei that can enter through cuts, wounds, or inhalation. It often mimics common conditions—pneumonia, tuberculos...
31 Jul 20min
The Knee We Fight to Save: the history, biomechanics and science to Below-the-Knee Amputation
The below-the-knee amputation (BKA) is a common major limb loss in people with diabetes, resulting from a long pathway of neuropathy, vascular disease, biomechanical breakdown, ulcers, and infection. ...
30 Jul 15min
LIMB Watch Series: Dr. Lady DeJesus DPM, FACFAS, DABPM, CWSP- Saving Soles: Minimally Invasive Breakthroughs in Diabetic Limb Salvage
LIMBWatch Series | Dr. Paula DeJesus DPM, FACFAS, : The Future of Limb Salvage Through Minimally Invasive Surgery In this episode of the LIMBWatch Series on Diabetic Foot Files sits with Dr. Lady Pau...
27 Jul 42min
Who Owns the Toe? The hidden battle over responsibility, accountability, and limb salvage
Dr. G examines how diabetic toes and ulcers are rarely just wounds but visible warnings of neuropathy, poor circulation, infection, and gaps in care. She asks who is responsible for protecting the foo...
26 Jul 13min
Edge Trenching: Turning a Wound’s Cliff into a Healing Ramp
This episode introduces edge trenching, a novel debridement technique developed by Dr. Igor Melnichuk that targets dysfunctional wound edges (epibolies, hyperkeratosis, rolled or fibrotic margins) to ...
25 Jul 21min
Vascular Insights with Dr. Giulia Baldazzi MD, vascular surgery fellow and PhD candidate from Italy 🇮🇹: Healing begins with circulation
Dr. Giulia Baldazzi, a vascular surgeon, fellow and phd candidate researcher, shares her journey from UCSF to Italy and explores advances in perfusion assessment, revascularization, and limb preservat...
24 Jul 33min
Forgotten Infection Friday- The Great Pretender: Actinomycosis Masquerading as Diabetic Foot Infection
Actinomycosis is a rare, slow-growing filamentous gram-positive bacterial infection that can mimic cancer, tuberculosis, or chronic diabetic foot infections by producing woody fibrosis, interconnected...
24 Jul 22min
