Volume 27 - Issue 7 - July 2014
Feature
Case Study
06/30/2014
Michael Canales, DPM, FACFAS, Michael Bowen, DPM, and John Gerhard, DPM
Michael Canales, DPM, FACFAS, Michael...
Addressing questions of how to proceed when a calcanectomy is inappropriate, these authors detail how to treat a 24-year-old who experienced the rare complication of calcaneal osteomyelitis after an injection for plantar fasciitis.
Addressing questions of how to proceed when a calcanectomy is inappropriate, these authors detail how to treat a 24-year-old who experienced the rare complication of calcaneal osteomyelitis after an injection for plantar fasciitis.
Addressing questions of how to...
06/30/2014
Podiatry Today
Case Study
06/30/2014
This author presents a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating a 54-year-old patient with diabetes who presented with intense pain and a toe that was turning black.
This author presents a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating a 54-year-old patient with diabetes who presented with intense pain and a toe that was turning black.
This author presents a...
06/30/2014
Podiatry Today
Column
Industry News
06/24/2014
An innovative new system may be just the thing to facilitate improved fixation for common lower extremity procedures.
An innovative new system may be just the thing to facilitate improved fixation for common lower extremity procedures.
An innovative new system may be...
06/24/2014
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
06/23/2014
Elderly patients can be at risk for falls and a recent study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry finds that antidepressant use can cause gait disturbances in older people.
Elderly patients can be at risk for falls and a recent study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry finds that antidepressant use can cause gait disturbances in older people.
Elderly patients can be at risk...
06/23/2014
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
06/19/2014
Bob Baravarian, DPM, and Rotem Ben-Ad, DPM
Bob Baravarian, DPM, and Rotem Ben-Ad...
There is no question that heel pain is one of the most commonly presenting complaints to the podiatric practitioner. Although plantar heel pain seems to predominate in this category, we cannot overlook posterior heel pain as an important...
There is no question that heel pain is one of the most commonly presenting complaints to the podiatric practitioner. Although plantar heel pain seems to predominate in this category, we cannot overlook posterior heel pain as an important...
There is no question that heel...
06/19/2014
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
06/19/2014
Stephen M. Schroeder, DPM, FACFAS
Stephen M. Schroeder, DPM, FACFAS
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The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body. Increased interest in physical fitness and athletic activity by young, middle-aged, and older patients has led to a higher incidence of rupture.1 Surgical correction...
The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body. Increased interest in physical fitness and athletic activity by young, middle-aged, and older patients has led to a higher incidence of rupture.1 Surgical correction...
The Achilles tendon is the...
06/19/2014
Podiatry Today
Forum
06/19/2014
From what seems like the time that we first began to speak, many of us have been asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
From what seems like the time that we first began to speak, many of us have been asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
From what seems like the time...
06/19/2014
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
06/19/2014
Cynthia Cernak, DPM, Robert H. Odell, MD, PhD, and Peter Carney, MD
Cynthia Cernak, DPM, Robert H. Odell,...
In the United States and most developed countries, medical care focuses more on the treatment of acute disease than chronic diseases, even though chronic disease processes consume a large proportion of healthcare resources. Currently, we...
In the United States and most developed countries, medical care focuses more on the treatment of acute disease than chronic diseases, even though chronic disease processes consume a large proportion of healthcare resources. Currently, we...
In the United States and...
06/19/2014
Podiatry Today
06/23/2014
Keith D. Cook, DPM, FACFAS, and Matthew L. German, DPM; George F. Wallace, DPM, MBA
Keith D. Cook, DPM, FACFAS, and Matth...
Minimal incision. Keith D. Cook, DPM, FACFAS, and Matthew L. German, DPM, note that using a minimal incision can facilitate anatomic reduction for calcaneal fractures and leads to fewer post-op complications than the extensile lateral...
Minimal incision. Keith D. Cook, DPM, FACFAS, and Matthew L. German, DPM, note that using a minimal incision can facilitate anatomic reduction for calcaneal fractures and leads to fewer post-op complications than the extensile lateral...
Minimal incision. Keith D....
06/23/2014
Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
06/19/2014
Clinical Editor: Kazu Suzuki, DPM, CWS
Clinical Editor: Kazu Suzuki, DPM, CW...
Following amputation, patients can sometimes experience difficulty in healing their wounds. These expert panelists explore what leads to delayed amputation wound healing, successful offloading strategies and how to facilitate the healing of...
Following amputation, patients can sometimes experience difficulty in healing their wounds. These expert panelists explore what leads to delayed amputation wound healing, successful offloading strategies and how to facilitate the healing of...
Following amputation, patients...
06/19/2014
Podiatry Today
