Amputation Prevention Center

Take A Stand Against Amputation! Dr. Rogers attending a Think Tank today to help solve this large problem.

189 years ago today, Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was born. In 1868, at age 43, he first wrote about tabetic arthropathy (a joint disease from syphilis), which would later be called Charcot's joint. Today this bone destruction from neuropathy occurs most often as a consequence of diabetes and we call it Charcot foot.

Our center in the news: New painless grafting procedure can help those with wounds.

Dr. Karen Shum presented a poster abstract at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons on how the APC uses a combination of vascular surgery and foot reconstruction to prevent amputations.

Happy 188th Birthday to Professor Jean-Martin Charcot, whose name is bestowed upon a condition commonly leading to amputation.

Amputation Prevention Centers of America Founded! www.apcofamerica.com

Take A Stand Against Amputation! Dr. Rogers attending a Think Tank today to help solve this large problem.

189 years ago today, Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was born. In 1868, at age 43, he first wrote about tabetic arthropathy (a joint disease from syphilis), which would later be called Charcot's joint. Today this bone destruction from neuropathy occurs most often as a consequence of diabetes and we call it Charcot foot.

Take A Stand Against Amputation! Dr. Rogers attending a Think Tank today to help solve this large problem.

Dr. Rogers speaking now in Detroit to doctors on how to duplicate our success in preventing amputations.

Here's a press recap of the 2011 Charcot foot consensus ...

189 years ago today, Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was born. In 1868, at age 43, he first wrote about tabetic arthropathy (a joint disease from syphilis), which would later be called Charcot's joint. Today this bone destruction from neuropathy occurs most often as a consequence of diabetes and we call it Charcot foot.

Discussing new the ways of harvesting skin grafts in our center.

Our center in the news: New painless grafting procedure can help those with wounds.

A great video to watch for those with neuropathy, about how foot ulcers form, from the man who discovered it first, in leprosy. Dr. Paul Brand is now dead, but his discovery was the basis for what we know in diabetic feet.

Healing diabetic foot ulcers by using a new tool to harvest a graft in the clinic ...

Dr. Karen Shum presented a poster abstract at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons on how the APC uses a combination of vascular surgery and foot reconstruction to prevent amputations.

Happy 188th Birthday to Professor Jean-Martin Charcot, whose name is bestowed upon a condition commonly leading to amputation.

A case study from the files of the APC

Amputation Prevention Centers of America Founded! www.apcofamerica.com