Diabetic Foot Files

THE DIABETIC FOOT FILES HAS A NEW HOME!

The brand-new Diabetic Foot Files website is LIVE!

Welcome to the digital home of everything diabetic foot, wound care, limb salvage, and beyond. From the latest podcast episodes and expert conversations to LIMBWatch, educational content, and resources for the limb-salvage community — it’s all coming together in one place.

www.diabeticfootfiles.com

Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, student, patient, advocate, or simply passionate about saving limbs — there’s a place for you here.

Listen.
Learn.
Think beyond the wound.
Save the limb. Change the life.

Welcome to the next chapter of Diabetic Foot Files.

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Welcome to the Diabetic Foot Files Podcast and the LIMBWatch series — where diabetic foot surveillance, wound intelligence, prevention science, and limb preservation come together. I’m Dr. G / Dr. WoundPicasso aka Dr. Gabrielle Hutcheson Donaldson, podiatrist and wound care specialist, and I’m here to educate, empower, and guide you through the evolving world of diabetic foot care.

From wound healing and pressure injuries to surveillance systems and amputation prevention, we break down the science, challenge the myths, and share strategies that help save limbs and improve lives. Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, clinician, or healthcare professional, this is your destination for diabetic foot education, prevention, and preservation.

So let’s dive in — because when you take care of your feet, they take care of you.
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Nystatin Uncovered: Why It Heals Some Foot Fungi and Fails Others

This episode of Diabetic Foot Files dives into nystatin: its history, how it kills Candida, and why it often works for moist, macerated toe-web infections but fails against dermatophyte-caused athlete...

24 Juni 20min

Zaynich: A New Weapon Against MDR Gram-Negatives

In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G explores Zaynich (cefepime + ZD-bactam), a newly FDA-approved IV antibiotic designed to overcome multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections. He explain...

23 Juni 17min

Sarcopenia & Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Why Muscle Matters

This episode explains sarcopenia—the progressive loss of skeletal muscle—and how diabetes accelerates it, increasing risk of poor mobility, delayed wound healing, and higher mortality in patients with...

21 Juni 20min

To Masquelet or Not to Masquelet? Masquelet Magic: How an Induced Membrane Saves Limbs

This episode explains the Masquelet (induced membrane) technique — a two-stage reconstructive approach where infected bone is removed, an antibiotic-loaded PMMA spacer is placed to control infection a...

20 Juni 23min

Forgotten Infection Friday: Ecthyma Gangrenosum — The Rapidly Deadly Black Lesion

This episode explains ecthyma gangrenosum: a rapidly evolving, black necrotic skin lesion most classically caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa invading blood vessels. It covers the pathophysiology, stage...

19 Juni 27min

LIMBWatch Series: Riley Csernica, VP of Product Development at DARCO International: From Napkin to Norm: GO Line ™ Unveiled & The DARCO Story Behind Modern Offloading

We’ve teamed up with DARCO to bring you 25% off the POGO shoe! Want to stay active, reduce pressure, and help prevent ulcers before they begin? Visit darcodirect.com/product/pogo/ and use our exclusiv...

16 Juni 24min

The Wound That Hated Debridement: Recognizing Pathergy and Great mimics of Diabetic Foot Infection

A patient with a presumed infected diabetic foot ulcer worsens after debridement and escalating antibiotics. This episode explores pathergy — an exaggerated inflammatory response to minor trauma that ...

15 Juni 20min

Escaping Plato’s Cave: Amputation Illusion- how healthcare learned to accept preventable limb loss

In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G uses Plato's allegory of the cave to reveal how long‑standing assumptions and systemic failures—not just biology—drive many diabetes‑related amputations. H...

14 Juni 26min