Diabetes and other vascular conditions can damage blood vessels and nerves, leading to blood circulation issues. Starved of blood flow, tissues may experience further damage or death.

Nerve and blood vessel damage can also make any wounds more difficult to notice — and much slower to heal. A small cut, sore or blister, left untreated, can eventually threaten a limb through infection.

At the Limb Salvage Center, we treat conditions such as:

• Bone infections
• Buerger’s disease
• Claudication
• Diabetic foot conditions
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Foot/ankle pathologies that lead to amputation
• Gangrene
• Leg and foot ulcers
• Peripheral arterial disease
• Pressure sores
• Severe lymphedema
• Varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency
• Vascular disease (peripheral and carotid)
• Vasculitis

Patients receive an immediate evaluation and receive priority access to an array of care options. In addition, our specialists offer patients with complex wounds or high-grade ischemia limb-saving procedures and advanced vascular rescue therapies.

Procedures and therapies provided at the Temple Limb Salvage Center include:

• Minimally invasive revascularization with balloon angioplasty, laser and stents
• Traditional (open) surgical bypass and foot-sparing partial amputations
• Reconstruction of charcot neuroarthropathy and other foot/ankle deformations
• Grafting, including the use of bio-engineered skin and alternative tissues
• Thrombolytics, antiplatelet drugs and other therapies for circulation
• Revascularization procedures for PAD and other vascular conditions
• Intensive antibiotic therapy
• Access to investigational therapy (therapeutic angiogenesis and bone marrow-derived angiogenesis)

Request an appointment with the Limb Salvage Center today or call 800-TEMPLE-MED (800-836-7536).