Session Agenda

A discussion of the current evidence-based protocols to achieve best practices in admitted patients with diabetic foot complications.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the methodology and findings of the largest RCT on the use of fish skin grafts versus SOC in treating UT grade 2 and 3 DFUs
• Evaluate the efficacy and safety of fish skin grafts as a treatment option for complex DFUs with exposed deep structures
• Explore the significance of this clinical evidence to support the use of fish skin as a tool for limb preservation

Supported by an educational grant from Kerecis.

Join us for an expert panel discussion on advancing limb preservation through innovative wound care approaches. This symposium brings together leading specialists in wound care and limb salvage, who will share their perspectives on clinical and health economic data that helps to inform patient care. The session will include case studies and evidence-based practices supporting wound care as a part of limb preservation.  Our panel will discuss how integrating clinical outcomes with real-world experiences supports healing for patients with chronic wounds. Join us to discover actionable insights that can optimize wound care outcomes to help support limb preservation efforts and improve patient quality of life.

Sponsored by Organogenesis

Comparison of the outcomes of deep venous arterialization versus other methods for peripheral artery disease in diabetes.

A description of how to create a system of pathways and policies to adhere to best practice recommendations in hospital-based wound centers and limb preservation centers.

A discussion of the pros and cons of various cellular and/or tissue-based products for wound healing. The speakers will address if the brand makes a difference, or is there a class-effect.

A review of specific foot problems and needs in patients awaiting organ transplantation and strategies to improve outcomes.

A review of current recommendations for a practical approach to patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

A discussion of the pros and cons of the non-surgical versus the surgical approach to the Charcot foot.

Open forum with Professor Emeritus, Dr. Harkless, to discuss current issues and trends on diabetic foot conditions.

Inspired by the television gameshow, this session is back by popular demand.  It will feature two "toe and flow" teams of podiatrists and vascular surgeons competing with their understanding of current trends in diabetic foot treatments.

A step-by-step review of practical applications of surgical intervention intended to mitigate stress and increase likelihood of local healing. Specifically, this lecture will focus on the now well-known “Toe and Flow” team promoted by the American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) which has led to dramatic reductions in amputations.

Oral presentations will feature the three highest-scoring abstracts submitted to Great Debates and Updates in Diabetic Foot.

A review of the American Diabetes Association's current practice recommendations for diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care.

A brief overview of data from a recent retrospective analysis of real-world data pertaining to use of InnovaMatrix® AC in severe hard-to-heal wounds.

Sponsored by Convatec.

This lecture addresses how to adapt your management of diabetic foot infections to minimize the risk of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).

This is case-based session on the algorithm care from admission to discharge.