Volume 24 - Issue 3 - March 2011
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For all types of professional students in the nation, it is interview time. Podiatric medicine is unique in that there is no element of mystery when it comes to the medical specialty you will pursue after graduating from school. There will be...
For all types of professional students in the nation, it is interview time. Podiatric medicine is unique in that there is no element of mystery when it comes to the medical specialty you will pursue after graduating from school. There will be...
For all types of professional...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
02/24/2011
Are you looking for affordable orthotic alternatives that offer resilient materials, good arch contours and easy sizing to help correct pediatric flexible flatfoot?
Are you looking for affordable orthotic alternatives that offer resilient materials, good arch contours and easy sizing to help correct pediatric flexible flatfoot?
Are you looking for affordable...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
02/24/2011
Are you looking for affordable orthotic alternatives that offer resilient materials, good arch contours and easy sizing to help correct pediatric flexible flatfoot?
Are you looking for affordable orthotic alternatives that offer resilient materials, good arch contours and easy sizing to help correct pediatric flexible flatfoot?
Are you looking for affordable...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
02/24/2011
By Bob Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS
By Bob Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS
Ankle sprains are the most common athletic injuries and the most common orthopedic injuries presenting to emergency rooms. What we do not often consider is that only a small fraction of ankle sprains present to the emergency room and...
Ankle sprains are the most common athletic injuries and the most common orthopedic injuries presenting to emergency rooms. What we do not often consider is that only a small fraction of ankle sprains present to the emergency room and...
Ankle sprains are the most...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
02/24/2011
Jerome A. Slavitt, DPM, FACFAS
Jerome A. Slavitt, DPM, FACFAS
Hammertoe correction, one of the mainstays of podiatric surgery, is not as simple and straightforward as one would think. A surgeon may schedule a hammertoe surgery and assume an arthroplasty will correct the deformity. The surgeon is...
Hammertoe correction, one of the mainstays of podiatric surgery, is not as simple and straightforward as one would think. A surgeon may schedule a hammertoe surgery and assume an arthroplasty will correct the deformity. The surgeon is...
Hammertoe correction, one of...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
02/24/2011
Valerie L. Schade, DPM, AACFAS
Valerie L. Schade, DPM, AACFAS
Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is an effective procedure, which preserves limb length while treating forefoot pathology that necessitates amputation in patients with adequate circulation. Success rates range from 39.4 percent to 93.3...
Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is an effective procedure, which preserves limb length while treating forefoot pathology that necessitates amputation in patients with adequate circulation. Success rates range from 39.4 percent to 93.3...
Transmetatarsal amputation...
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Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
02/24/2011
With increasing numbers of elderly patients and patients with diabetes, clinicians will encounter more and more patients with wounds and ischemic legs. In the United States, an estimated 8 million patients, or approximately 12 percent of the...
With increasing numbers of elderly patients and patients with diabetes, clinicians will encounter more and more patients with wounds and ischemic legs. In the United States, an estimated 8 million patients, or approximately 12 percent of the...
With increasing numbers of...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
02/24/2011
I am writing in regard to the feature article “Diagnosing and Treating Navicular Stress Fractures” (see page 52 in the November 2010 issue or see http://www.podiatrytoday.com/what-you-should-know-about-navicular-stres… ).
I am writing in regard to the feature article “Diagnosing and Treating Navicular Stress Fractures” (see page 52 in the November 2010 issue or see http://www.podiatrytoday.com/what-you-should-know-about-navicular-stres… ).
I am writing in regard to the...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
Online Exclusive
02/24/2011
Michael Donnenwerth, DPM, Sara Borkosky, DPM, and Thomas S. Roukis DPM, PhD, FACFAS
Michael Donnenwerth, DPM, Sara Borkos...
When it comes to life-threatening infections in the lower extremity, a disarticulation or “guillotine” amputation may be a consideration. Accordingly, these authors review the literature to discuss indications, potential merits and...
When it comes to life-threatening infections in the lower extremity, a disarticulation or “guillotine” amputation may be a consideration. Accordingly, these authors review the literature to discuss indications, potential merits and...
When it comes to...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
02/24/2011
Given the escalating prevalence of people with diabetes, chances are you will be seeing more and more patients in need of diabetic footwear. With this in mind, this author reviews recent changes in the Therapeutic Shoe Program for Diabetes...
Given the escalating prevalence of people with diabetes, chances are you will be seeing more and more patients in need of diabetic footwear. With this in mind, this author reviews recent changes in the Therapeutic Shoe Program for Diabetes...
Given the escalating prevalence...
02/24/2011
Podiatry Today
