Volume 21 - Issue 12 - December 2008
News and Trends
11/26/2008
Should You Treat Asymptomatic Pediatric Flatfoot?
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
When encountering a child with asymptomatic flatfoot, it is important to decide whether you should treat the condition or see if the flatfoot will improve on...
Should You Treat Asymptomatic Pediatric Flatfoot?
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
When encountering a child with asymptomatic flatfoot, it is important to decide whether you should treat the condition or see if the flatfoot will improve on...
Should You Treat Asymptomatic...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
11/26/2008
Jeff A. Hall
When I first started working on Podiatry Today about eight and a half years ago, I found myself trying to find and recruit a variety of podiatrists to be regular columnists for the magazine. John McCord, DPM, was the first columnist to...
When I first started working on Podiatry Today about eight and a half years ago, I found myself trying to find and recruit a variety of podiatrists to be regular columnists for the magazine. John McCord, DPM, was the first columnist to...
When I first started working...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
11/26/2008
Allen Mark Jacobs, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density testing is gaining enthusiastic acceptance for the diagnosis as well as the staging of diabetic neuropathy. Studies have demonstrated reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in patients with diabetes...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density testing is gaining enthusiastic acceptance for the diagnosis as well as the staging of diabetic neuropathy. Studies have demonstrated reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in patients with diabetes...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Dermatology Diagnosis
11/26/2008
M. Joel Morse, DPM, FASPD, FASPS, FABPM
Key Questions To Consider
1. What essential question does one still need to help make the diagnosis?
2. What is the tentative diagnosis?
3. Can you list at least three differential diagnoses?
4. What features in this condition...
Key Questions To Consider
1. What essential question does one still need to help make the diagnosis?
2. What is the tentative diagnosis?
3. Can you list at least three differential diagnoses?
4. What features in this condition...
Key Questions To Consider
1....
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
11/25/2008
Graham A. Hamilton, DPM, FACFAS; Travis L. Sautter, DPM; Lawrence Ford, DPM
When it comes to treating hallux valgus, the Lapidus arthrodesis can be an effective procedure. These authors discuss the evolution of the technique, offer a guide to key indications and contraindications, and provide essential step-by-step...
When it comes to treating hallux valgus, the Lapidus arthrodesis can be an effective procedure. These authors discuss the evolution of the technique, offer a guide to key indications and contraindications, and provide essential step-by-step...
When it comes to treating hallux...
11/25/2008
Podiatry Today
11/25/2008
G. Dock Dockery, DPM, FACFAS; Stephen M. Schroeder, DPM, FACFAS
When surgeons perform distal first metatarsal osteotomies, avascular necrosis (AVN) is a relatively common complication. Accordingly, these authors emphasize having a strong understanding of the involved vascular anatomy, share intraoperative...
When surgeons perform distal first metatarsal osteotomies, avascular necrosis (AVN) is a relatively common complication. Accordingly, these authors emphasize having a strong understanding of the involved vascular anatomy, share intraoperative...
When surgeons perform distal...
11/25/2008
Podiatry Today
11/25/2008
Anthony Poggio, DPM
While undergoing a Medicare audit can be a stressful situation, this author emphasizes cooperation and documentation, and outlines key factors that commonly trigger an audit of one’s practice.
You have been notified that you are about to...
While undergoing a Medicare audit can be a stressful situation, this author emphasizes cooperation and documentation, and outlines key factors that commonly trigger an audit of one’s practice.
You have been notified that you are about to...
While undergoing a Medicare...
11/25/2008
Podiatry Today
Education
11/26/2008
Edwin J. Harris, DPM, FACFAS
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-12/
Since surgery for clubfoot can be fraught with complications, podiatric physicians have had a renewed interest in the benefits of the...
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-12/
Since surgery for clubfoot can be fraught with complications, podiatric physicians have had a renewed interest in the benefits of the...
Please click here for the full...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Sports Medicine
11/26/2008
Amol Saxena, DPM
Over the decades, the concept of podiatric sports medicine has evolved. In years past, educators at podiatry schools directly and indirectly implied that it was primarily making orthoses for runners. Certainly, this was the case in the...
Over the decades, the concept of podiatric sports medicine has evolved. In years past, educators at podiatry schools directly and indirectly implied that it was primarily making orthoses for runners. Certainly, this was the case in the...
Over the decades, the concept...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Practice Builders
11/26/2008
David Edward Marcinko, MBA; Hope Rachel Hetico, RN, MHA
When it comes to purchasing a podiatry practice, there are a variety of factors that one must consider in evaluating the worth of the practice. Assessing the value of a practice is fraught with potential landmines if one does not go into...
When it comes to purchasing a podiatry practice, there are a variety of factors that one must consider in evaluating the worth of the practice. Assessing the value of a practice is fraught with potential landmines if one does not go into...
When it comes to purchasing a...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
