More than 30 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of developing a foot ulcer. About half of the patients Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, sees at UMass Memorial Medical Center with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease require a lower-extremity amputation because of uncontrolled infections in their feet.
“This causes a dramatic detriment to someone’s lifestyle, not being able to walk on their feet and losing their independence,” said Dr. Nguyen, assistant professor of surgery at UMass Chan Medical School and the medical director of the Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Wound Clinic at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
