Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2008
News and Trends
09/03/2008
Brian McCurdy
Melanoma incidence has been on the rise in Caucasians, especially women, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Researchers speculate that this may be due to increasing ultraviolet ray...
Melanoma incidence has been on the rise in Caucasians, especially women, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Researchers speculate that this may be due to increasing ultraviolet ray...
Melanoma incidence has been on...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
09/03/2008
Francesco Serino, MD; Yimei Cao, MD
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo opened the window of limb salvage in critical stages of diabetic atherosclerosis by fighting the misconception of microangiopathy that had previously prevented attempts to bypass arterial lesions in diabetic foot.1...
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo opened the window of limb salvage in critical stages of diabetic atherosclerosis by fighting the misconception of microangiopathy that had previously prevented attempts to bypass arterial lesions in diabetic foot.1...
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Q&A
09/03/2008
Lawrence G. Karlock, DPM, FACFAS
Patients with venous ulcers can face daunting complications. Accordingly, our expert panelists provide pertinent pearls on diagnosis, compression therapy, debridement and how their patients have fared with vascular surgery procedures.
Q: How...
Patients with venous ulcers can face daunting complications. Accordingly, our expert panelists provide pertinent pearls on diagnosis, compression therapy, debridement and how their patients have fared with vascular surgery procedures.
Q: How...
Patients with venous ulcers can...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
09/03/2008
Luke D. Cicchinelli, DPM, FACFAS
Learning and performing effective surgery is akin to studying and speaking a foreign language. Not every one does so with the same fluency. The patient often does not speak a single word. Anatomy is the vocabulary, surgical procedure...
Learning and performing effective surgery is akin to studying and speaking a foreign language. Not every one does so with the same fluency. The patient often does not speak a single word. Anatomy is the vocabulary, surgical procedure...
Learning and performing...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Bruce E. Williams, DPM, FACFAS
Turf toe is primarily considered a sprain of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ). The mechanism of turf toe injuries is a hyperextension of the first MPJ, which results in a sprain of the plantar joint capsule or a potential tear or...
Turf toe is primarily considered a sprain of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ). The mechanism of turf toe injuries is a hyperextension of the first MPJ, which results in a sprain of the plantar joint capsule or a potential tear or...
Turf toe is primarily considered...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Allen Mark Jacobs, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Nicholas J. Bevilacqua, DPM, FACFAS; Robert M. Greenhagen, DPM, BS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. Foot ulcers will affect up to 25 percent of people with diabetes during their lifetime.1 People with...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. Foot ulcers will affect up to 25 percent of people with diabetes during their lifetime.1 People with...
The Centers for Disease Control...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, MSc, FACFAS
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Robert J. Smith
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Education
09/03/2008
Molly S. Judge, DPM, FACFAS, CNMT
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
