This much-needed, full-colour guide to foot conditions covers common pathologies with references to treatments. Introducing the reader to the clinical assessment process, this highly illustrated resource focuses on the conditions most frequently encountered in practice. Its easy-to-use format features a case study approach, with illustrations and a synoptic introduction describing each condition presented. Every case includes questions relating to the evidence shown in the photographs and x-rays that aim to test the reader's knowledge of the relevant treatment and the pathology. Explanatory answers expand on the information already presented.
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Primary: Podiatrists - students and practitioners; GPs and family doctors
Secondary: Community nurses; Orthopaedic trainees
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Höhe: 190 mm
Breite: 125 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-0-443-06495-1 (9780443064951)
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Section 1: Orthopedic Etiology of hallux rigidus. Freiberg's infraction. Hammer toe. Polydactyly and macrodactyly. Etiology of hallux valgus. Plantar heel pain syndrome. Achilles tendon bursitis. Surgery of hallux rigidus. Metatarsalgia. Ganglion. Surgery of hallux valgus. Plantar fibromatosis Section 2: Dermatology Venous ulceration. Plantar pustulosis/dermatosis. Fungal foot infections. Ingrowing toenails. Subungual exostosis. Viral warts. Pitted keratolysis. Chilblains Section 3: Pediatric Congenital talipes equinovarus. Flat foot. Claw toe and adductus quinti digiti. Metatarsus adductus. Talocalneal synostosis. Congenital metatarsal anomalies Section 4: The "at risk" foot Melanoma. Osteomyelitis. Ischemic toe. Chondrosarcoma of the great toe. Frostbite. Subcutaneous infection. Septic arthritis Section 5: Rheumatology Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Gout. Reiter's syndrome. Psoriatic arthritis. Therapy for rheumatoid arthritis Section 6: Neurology Morton's neuroma. Poliomyelitis. Diabetic neuropathic ulcer. Peroneal muscular atrophy Section 7: Trauma Fracture of the calcaneus. Fracture dislocations of the talus. Shin splints. Chronic rupture of Achilles tendon. Tibialis posterior rupture. Fracture dislocations of the tarsometatarsal joints. Sesamoiditis. Osteochondral lesions of the talus.
