High Risk Foot in Diabetes Mellitus
2nd Edition
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-443-07792-0 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of this text provides the up-to-date information on medical and surgical management of diabetic foot problems with a critical review of contemporary literature. This multidisciplinary text also has new chapters on pathophysiology, dermatology, and wound management.
The second edition of this text provides the up-to-date information on medical and surgical management of diabetic foot problems with a critical review of contemporary literature. This multidisciplinary text also has new chapters on pathophysiology, dermatology, and wound management.
The second edition of this text provides the up-to-date information on medical and surgical management of diabetic foot problems with a critical review of contemporary literature. This multidisciplinary text also has new chapters on pathophysiology, dermatology, and wound management.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
510 illustrations
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-07792-0 (9780443077920)
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Previous edition
Robert G. Frykberg
The High Risk Food in Diabetes Mellitus
Book
01/1991
Churchill Livingstone
€136.40
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Content
An overview of diabetes mellitus; epidemiology and prevention of diabetic foot disease; pathophysiology of the diabetic foot; diabetic vascular disease; diabetic neuropathy; evaluation of the diabetic foot and leg; dermatology; imaging of the diabetic foot; environmental stress and tissue breakdown; biomechanics of the diabetic foot; pressure assessment methods in the foot; diabetic foot ulcerations; diabetic foot infections; osteomyelitis of the diabetic foot; antibiotic loaded bone cement in the management of diabetic foot infections; noninvasive evaluation of the lower extremity arterial system; lower extremity arteriography in the diabetic patient; vascular surgery of the lower extremity; diabetic neuropathic osteoarthropy - the charcot foot; lower extremity amputations; limb salvage techniques; plastic surgical approaches to the diabetic foot; wound management - topical therapies and special dressings; oxygen therapy; total contact cast; prostheses and orthoses; footwear considerations; rehabilitation of the diabetic patient; prophylactic foot surgery; patient and physician education in managing diabetic foot disease.