In this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, guest editors Drs. Brandon Brooks, Bijan Najafi, and David Armstrong bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Diabetes Update: What You Need to Know. Diabetes mellitus, particularly Type 2 diabetes, has emerged as one of the most pressing global health challenges of the 21st century, driven by factors such as obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and aging populations. In this issue, top experts provide pearls of knowledge and wisdom for podiatric physicians and surgeons who treat and manage patients with diabetes mellitus.

• Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the diabetes pandemic in the post-COVID-19 lockdown era; benefits of multidisciplinary limb preservation teams; understanding Charcot and diabetic bone disease; the art of the definitive amputation: pearls to reduce reamputation; GLP1s and surgery: what you need to know; and more
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on diabetes update: what you need to know, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews