Volume 16 - Issue 3 - March 2003
03/03/2003
Jeff A. Hall
How helpful is therapeutic footwear for patients with diabetes? It has been one of the most hotly debated questions over the last few months, especially in the aftermath of a controversial study that was published last year in the Journal of...
How helpful is therapeutic footwear for patients with diabetes? It has been one of the most hotly debated questions over the last few months, especially in the aftermath of a controversial study that was published last year in the Journal of...
How helpful is therapeutic...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
03/03/2003
Richard M. Stillman, MD, FACS; John S. Steinberg, DPM, FACFAS
Managing foot wounds in diabetes patients forms much of the core practice of wound care and podiatry. In the United States, the annual cost for the care of diabetic foot wounds exceeds $5 billion.1 It’s been estimated that anywhere from 2.5...
Managing foot wounds in diabetes patients forms much of the core practice of wound care and podiatry. In the United States, the annual cost for the care of diabetic foot wounds exceeds $5 billion.1 It’s been estimated that anywhere from 2.5...
Managing foot wounds in diabetes...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Q&A
03/03/2003
Lawrence G. Karlock, DPM, FACFAS
Plastic and reconstructive surgery techniques can be a significant adjunct for podiatric surgeons in managing diabetic foot wounds and tissue loss. With this in mind, the panelists discuss a variety of techniques (including split-thickness...
Plastic and reconstructive surgery techniques can be a significant adjunct for podiatric surgeons in managing diabetic foot wounds and tissue loss. With this in mind, the panelists discuss a variety of techniques (including split-thickness...
Plastic and reconstructive...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
03/03/2003
Jeffrey C. Page, DPM; Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD; Barry I. Rosenblum, DPM, FACFAS; David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, MSc; A. Lee Dellon, MD
Painful diabetic neuropathy is perhaps one of the most discussed and hotly debated subjects in podiatry. Emerging research and emerging treatments have fueled the fire even further. With this in mind, David G. Armstrong, DPM, a member of the...
Painful diabetic neuropathy is perhaps one of the most discussed and hotly debated subjects in podiatry. Emerging research and emerging treatments have fueled the fire even further. With this in mind, David G. Armstrong, DPM, a member of the...
Painful diabetic neuropathy is...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
03/03/2003
Richard A. Pollak, DPM, MS, FACFAS
Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem in the United States, afflicting approximately 17 million people, with 1 million new cases diagnosed each year in people 20 and older.1 Patients with diabetes are at increased risk for toenail...
Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem in the United States, afflicting approximately 17 million people, with 1 million new cases diagnosed each year in people 20 and older.1 Patients with diabetes are at increased risk for toenail...
Diabetes mellitus is a major...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
03/03/2003
Eric Espensen, DPM; Minh Mach, MD
The prevalence of diabetes, especially that of type 2 in children, is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. Although no data currently exists to determine the extent to which type 2 diabetes has emerged among U.S. children and...
The prevalence of diabetes, especially that of type 2 in children, is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. Although no data currently exists to determine the extent to which type 2 diabetes has emerged among U.S. children and...
The prevalence of diabetes,...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
03/03/2003
Anthony Poggio, DPM
Diabetes is one of the more common conditions that we treat. Our training and expertise in this area make us an integral part of the multidisciplinary team approach. Given that diabetes is a multi-system disorder, diagnosis and treatment...
Diabetes is one of the more common conditions that we treat. Our training and expertise in this area make us an integral part of the multidisciplinary team approach. Given that diabetes is a multi-system disorder, diagnosis and treatment...
Diabetes is one of the more...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
03/03/2003
Brian McCurdy
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently released its 2003 Clinical Practice Recommendations and one of the highlights is a new methodology of diagnosing diabetes. Using an altered version of a test may change the number of how many...
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently released its 2003 Clinical Practice Recommendations and one of the highlights is a new methodology of diagnosing diabetes. Using an altered version of a test may change the number of how many...
The American Diabetes...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Education
03/03/2003
David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, MSc; Matthew J. Claxton, DPM
Foot ulcers are the major risk factor for amputation among people with diabetes. Fifteen percent of people with diabetes will experience a foot ulcer. In this particular patient population, 14 to 24 percent will require lower extremity...
Foot ulcers are the major risk factor for amputation among people with diabetes. Fifteen percent of people with diabetes will experience a foot ulcer. In this particular patient population, 14 to 24 percent will require lower extremity...
Foot ulcers are the major risk...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Diagnostic Dilemmas
03/03/2003
Tamara D. Fishman, DPM
A patient’s medical history can provide you with critical information that is necessary to differentiate among the various types of lower extremity ulcerations. Not only are there many different etiologies of lower extremity ulcers, it’s also...
A patient’s medical history can provide you with critical information that is necessary to differentiate among the various types of lower extremity ulcerations. Not only are there many different etiologies of lower extremity ulcers, it’s also...
A patient’s medical history can...
03/03/2003
Podiatry Today
