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Volume 17 - Issue 7 - July 2004

07/03/2004
Jeff A. Hall
Consider the dizzying array of choices one must make when a patient presents with a non-healing wound. In some cases, determining the etiology can be a daunting challenge. In their guest column for Diabetes Watch, Damieon Brown, DPM, and...
Consider the dizzying array of choices one must make when a patient presents with a non-healing wound. In some cases, determining the etiology can be a daunting challenge. In their guest column for Diabetes Watch, Damieon Brown, DPM, and...
Consider the dizzying array of...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
07/03/2004
Alan J. Cantor, DPM, CWS; Keith Burger, PA-C
Burn injuries are among the most devastating wounds a clinician may be asked to treat. Burn medicine is a critical care, specialized field of medicine, surgery and rehabilitation, all of which are intertwined and interdependent for successful...
Burn injuries are among the most devastating wounds a clinician may be asked to treat. Burn medicine is a critical care, specialized field of medicine, surgery and rehabilitation, all of which are intertwined and interdependent for successful...
Burn injuries are among the most...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
07/03/2004
Pamela M. Jensen, DPM; Jonathan E. Moore, DPM, MS, MA
Over the last few decades, many technological advances have occurred in the field of wound healing, resulting in a variety of wound dressings, ointments, creams, debriding agents, growth factors and bioengineered skin grafts. While one does...
Over the last few decades, many technological advances have occurred in the field of wound healing, resulting in a variety of wound dressings, ointments, creams, debriding agents, growth factors and bioengineered skin grafts. While one does...
Over the last few decades, many...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
07/03/2004
Patricia L. Abu-Rumman, DPM; Robert A. Menzies, BSc(Hons), MChS
Wound healing is a complex process that depends upon the delicate balance of physical and spiritual well-being of the individual. In order to maintain this required balance for wound healing, clinicians must be aware of and evaluate five...
Wound healing is a complex process that depends upon the delicate balance of physical and spiritual well-being of the individual. In order to maintain this required balance for wound healing, clinicians must be aware of and evaluate five...
Wound healing is a complex...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today

Column

Diabetes Watch
07/03/2004
Javier La Fontaine, DPM, MS, MEd; Damieon Brown, DPM
Autonomic neuropathy may significantly affect the quality of life of patients with diabetes. Unfortunately, despite the common prevalence of this condition in this population, autonomic neuropathy is one of the least understood and recognized...
Autonomic neuropathy may significantly affect the quality of life of patients with diabetes. Unfortunately, despite the common prevalence of this condition in this population, autonomic neuropathy is one of the least understood and recognized...
Autonomic neuropathy may...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Diagnostic Dilemmas
07/03/2004
Justin Franson, DPM; Babak Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS
Chances are, you have seen patients present to your office with pain after undergoing a bunion surgery, which you may or may not have performed. If you were the operating surgeon, it is easy enough to research the specific procedure that you...
Chances are, you have seen patients present to your office with pain after undergoing a bunion surgery, which you may or may not have performed. If you were the operating surgeon, it is easy enough to research the specific procedure that you...
Chances are, you have seen...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Industry News
07/03/2004
When treating diabetic patients who have neuropathic ulcers, it can be challenging to apply a wound care ointment with a wooden applicator or cotton swab due to pain tolerance issues. However, a new spray version of Panafil® may be able to...
When treating diabetic patients who have neuropathic ulcers, it can be challenging to apply a wound care ointment with a wooden applicator or cotton swab due to pain tolerance issues. However, a new spray version of Panafil® may be able to...
When treating diabetic patients...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
07/03/2004
Brian McCurdy
Painful foot neuromas are a common dilemma among podiatric patients and the neuromas appear to be increasingly more prevalent among runners. Samuel Nava, Jr., DPM, a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), estimates...
Painful foot neuromas are a common dilemma among podiatric patients and the neuromas appear to be increasingly more prevalent among runners. Samuel Nava, Jr., DPM, a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), estimates...
Painful foot neuromas are a...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
07/03/2004
Lynnelle R. Gabriel, DPM
Treating a Morton’s neuroma can be a delicate operation. There is currently much discussion and controversy over whether to remove an intermetatarsal neuroma or leave the nerve intact and release the deep transverse intermetatarsal ligament...
Treating a Morton’s neuroma can be a delicate operation. There is currently much discussion and controversy over whether to remove an intermetatarsal neuroma or leave the nerve intact and release the deep transverse intermetatarsal ligament...
Treating a Morton’s neuroma can...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today

Insights

Q&A
07/03/2004
Lawrence G. Karlock, DPM, FACFAS
Offloading diabetic neuropathic ulcers comes with a unique set of treatment challenges. Some consider total contact casting the gold standard but whether it’s practical in a busy practice is highly debatable. Still, how can one arrive at a...
Offloading diabetic neuropathic ulcers comes with a unique set of treatment challenges. Some consider total contact casting the gold standard but whether it’s practical in a busy practice is highly debatable. Still, how can one arrive at a...
Offloading diabetic neuropathic...
07/03/2004
Podiatry Today