Illuminates an often overlooked but vitally important area of diabetes management and suggests strategies to help clinicians provide state-of-the-art foot care. Health care professionals and students alike will find practical advice on detecting and managing diabetes-related foot complications.
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1 Pathogenesis of Diabetic Foot Complications |
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2 The Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Examination and Risk Assessment |
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3 Shoes and Insoles for At-Risk People with Diabetes |
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4 Ulcer Assessment and Classification |
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5 Offloading the Diabetic Foot Wound |
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35 | (14) |
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6 Debridement of the Diabetic Foot |
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49 | (12) |
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7 Adjunctive Wound Therapies |
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61 | (8) |
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8 Dressings and Local Wound Care for People with Diabetic Foot Wounds |
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69 | (10) |
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9 The Diabetic Charcot Foot: Recognition, Evaluation, and Management |
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79 | (18) |
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10 Infection in the Diabetic Foot |
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97 | (10) |
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11 Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease |
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12 Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Targeted Diabetic Foot Care |
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David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, is professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona in Tucson, visiting professor of medicine at the University of Manchester College of Medicine in Manchester, U.K., and co-founder of Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) in Tucson.
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH, is professor of surgery in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
