High Risk Diabetic Foot : Treatment and Prevention

Omtale

Emphasizing a team approach that includes the practicing podiatrist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, vascular surgeon, orthopedist, and infectious disease specialist, The High Risk Diabetic Foot provides a thorough and detailed resource on the management of complex diabetic foot problems. This comprehensive text is an essential tool that will enable physicians to reduce infections and amputations through careful examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.Key features in The High Risk Diabetic Foot include: A full section devoted to the prevention of amputationHigh-quality images for accurate diagnosisChapters organized by epidemiology, classification and staging, diagnosis, special studies, and medical and surgical managementSummary tables and flow charts for quick referenceA discussion of the co-morbidities associated with diabetic foot pathology, including sensory neuropathy, painful neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, food wounds, and moreIdentification of the level of medical evidence associated with treatment recommendations