Volume 19 - Issue 6 - May 2006
Column
Clinical Solutions in Practice
05/03/2006
By Anthony Leone, Special Project Editor
By Anthony Leone, Special Project Edi...
Many people suffer from tendinosis or similar tendon aliments that involve tissue scarring. In seeking relief for their pain and discomfort, patients may try a variety of conservative modalities ranging from bracing to injections. If...
Many people suffer from tendinosis or similar tendon aliments that involve tissue scarring. In seeking relief for their pain and discomfort, patients may try a variety of conservative modalities ranging from bracing to injections. If...
Many people suffer from...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
05/03/2006
By Anthony Leone, Special Project Editor
By Anthony Leone, Special Project Edi...
Many people suffer from tendinosis or similar tendon aliments that involve tissue scarring. In seeking relief for their pain and discomfort, patients may try a variety of conservative modalities ranging from bracing to injections. If...
Many people suffer from tendinosis or similar tendon aliments that involve tissue scarring. In seeking relief for their pain and discomfort, patients may try a variety of conservative modalities ranging from bracing to injections. If...
Many people suffer from...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
05/03/2006
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
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Various classification systems categorize diabetic wounds and infections. One system, devised in 2003, categorizes different levels of non-vascular diabetic foot surgery. How effective is such a system? A recent study, the first to evaluate...
Various classification systems categorize diabetic wounds and infections. One system, devised in 2003, categorizes different levels of non-vascular diabetic foot surgery. How effective is such a system? A recent study, the first to evaluate...
Various classification systems...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Industry News
05/03/2006
For many patients, stability and cushioning are high on their list of footwear needs. A new shoe may fulfill those needs. The 992 is for the overpronating patient, according to the manufacturer New Balance. The company says the N-Durance®...
For many patients, stability and cushioning are high on their list of footwear needs. A new shoe may fulfill those needs. The 992 is for the overpronating patient, according to the manufacturer New Balance. The company says the N-Durance®...
For many patients, stability and...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
05/03/2006
By Chad Friedman, DPM, Elizabeth Bass, DPM, and John Steinberg, DPM
By Chad Friedman, DPM, Elizabeth Bass...
Given the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance, there is a growing interest in emerging wound care products that contain silver. Topical silver has a broad range of antimicrobial activity and has been used extensively to help...
Given the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance, there is a growing interest in emerging wound care products that contain silver. Topical silver has a broad range of antimicrobial activity and has been used extensively to help...
Given the increasing prevalence...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Forum
05/03/2006
I used to be humble about podiatry in the company of MDs and DOs. It seemed a necessary part of survival in the medical community. However, this humility has dissolved in recent years. When it comes to medical and surgical care of feet and...
I used to be humble about podiatry in the company of MDs and DOs. It seemed a necessary part of survival in the medical community. However, this humility has dissolved in recent years. When it comes to medical and surgical care of feet and...
I used to be humble about...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
05/03/2006
By Don Green, DPM and Peter S. Kim, DPM
By Don Green, DPM and Peter S. Kim, D...
The etiology of heel pain is quite varied. First described by Wood in 1812, the most common cause is thought to be plantar fasciitis. This is typically marked by focal tenderness to any component of the aponeurosis but most frequently at the...
The etiology of heel pain is quite varied. First described by Wood in 1812, the most common cause is thought to be plantar fasciitis. This is typically marked by focal tenderness to any component of the aponeurosis but most frequently at the...
The etiology of heel pain is...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
05/03/2006
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
You wouldn’t think it would take much persuading to convince patients with diabetes to regularly monitor their blood sugar or stay off of a recently treated foot wound given the potentially serious consequences of not doing so. Yet the...
You wouldn’t think it would take much persuading to convince patients with diabetes to regularly monitor their blood sugar or stay off of a recently treated foot wound given the potentially serious consequences of not doing so. Yet the...
You wouldn’t think it would take...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
05/03/2006
By Donald Green, DPM, Mitzi Williams, DPM, and Chul Kim, PMS IV
By Donald Green, DPM, Mitzi Williams,...
“Collapsing” pes planovalgus or flexible flatfoot is a complex pedal pathological condition with numerous components. In its most significant form, the condition can lead to significant disabling and an inability to ambulate efficiently....
“Collapsing” pes planovalgus or flexible flatfoot is a complex pedal pathological condition with numerous components. In its most significant form, the condition can lead to significant disabling and an inability to ambulate efficiently....
“Collapsing” pes planovalgus or...
05/03/2006
Podiatry Today
05/03/2006
Plantar fasciitis is often inaccurately referred to as “heel spur syndrome.” Clinicians should no longer use this terminology. Most of the time, the presence or absence of a plantar calcaneal spur has no effect on symptoms or treatment. The...
Plantar fasciitis is often inaccurately referred to as “heel spur syndrome.” Clinicians should no longer use this terminology. Most of the time, the presence or absence of a plantar calcaneal spur has no effect on symptoms or treatment. The...
Plantar fasciitis is often...
05/03/2006
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