[AMP-L] Roper Aims to Save More Limbs From Amputation

[Wayne Renardson]

via Post & Courier:

It all started with a small blister on the side of Bill Kern´s left foot. But 
within weeks, it was a wound that ran nearly the length of his foot, an 
infection that engulfed the little toe.  

When the bandage around the foot was unwrapped, the toe "was 
completely black," full of dead tissue, said Kern, 63, of James Island.  

Though he was initially given only a 20 percent chance of keeping his 
limb, all he lost was two toes and part of the side of the foot where the 
infection had spread into the bone.  

"I couldn´t even imagine (living) without a foot," Kern said. For that, he 
credits Roper Hospital, which has a new program aimed at saving more  
lower limbs from amputation, many in diabetics like him.

The rest of the story, with photos, here:

https://tinyurl.com/28sbx99t

with link to:

Diabetic insulin device maker investing $20M, moving operations to 
Lexington County.

Wayne R.