Hip and knee replacements, sports injuries, trauma. That’s typically what comes to mind when one thinks of orthopedic surgery, not diabetes. Yet in the U.S., 73,000 lower limb amputations are performed every year on people with diabetes, and many of those patients will die within two years due to decreased activity and other factors … But at UT Southwestern, a multidisciplinary team of physicians is proving that many amputations are preventable through coordinated intervention and innovative treatments. Over the past decade, the percentage of patients who arrive with a diabetic foot infection and have an amputation has been cut in half, thanks to the coordinated care provided through the diabetic limb salvage program and Wound Care Clinic … read more