Volume 20 - Issue 3 - March 2007
Column
Clinical Solutions in Practice
03/03/2007
Facilitating the healing of nonunion fractures can be challenging. In order to address this challenge, a number of practitioners have been turning to the DonJoy OL1000 Bone Growth Stimulator as it reportedly provides an easy to use,...
Facilitating the healing of nonunion fractures can be challenging. In order to address this challenge, a number of practitioners have been turning to the DonJoy OL1000 Bone Growth Stimulator as it reportedly provides an easy to use,...
Facilitating the healing...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Industry News
03/03/2007
Picturing Wounds Accurately
As wounds progress through different stages of healing, it is important to have an accurate method of tracking their progress. With the new PictZar® medical software program, one would take a digital...
Picturing Wounds Accurately
As wounds progress through different stages of healing, it is important to have an accurate method of tracking their progress. With the new PictZar® medical software program, one would take a digital...
Picturing Wounds Accurately
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03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
03/03/2007
How Effective Is The PTB Test In Diagnosing Osteomyelitis?
There has been some recent debate within the profession about the effectiveness of the probe-to-bone (PTB) test in diagnosing osteomyelitis. A new study in Diabetes Care has...
How Effective Is The PTB Test In Diagnosing Osteomyelitis?
There has been some recent debate within the profession about the effectiveness of the probe-to-bone (PTB) test in diagnosing osteomyelitis. A new study in Diabetes Care has...
How Effective Is The PTB Test In...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Forum
03/03/2007
“Good morning, Chief” “Here comes the Chief” and “Good morning, Mr. President” are all greetings that I have heard since I was elected into the position of Medical Staff President of a tri-campus rural hospital with 65 active staff and...
“Good morning, Chief” “Here comes the Chief” and “Good morning, Mr. President” are all greetings that I have heard since I was elected into the position of Medical Staff President of a tri-campus rural hospital with 65 active staff and...
“Good morning, Chief” “Here...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
03/03/2007
Although the patient with diabetes and renal failure presents serious challenges to the limb salvage team, there is evidence and argument to support aggressive treatment and attempted limb salvage in a multidisciplinary clinical...
Although the patient with diabetes and renal failure presents serious challenges to the limb salvage team, there is evidence and argument to support aggressive treatment and attempted limb salvage in a multidisciplinary clinical...
Although the patient with...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
03/03/2007
Practitioners have described various osteotomies for the proximal hallux. However, the Akin closing wedge osteotomy is currently the most common procedure. Podiatric surgeons commonly employ the transverse plane closing wedge osteotomy...
Practitioners have described various osteotomies for the proximal hallux. However, the Akin closing wedge osteotomy is currently the most common procedure. Podiatric surgeons commonly employ the transverse plane closing wedge osteotomy...
Practitioners have...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
03/03/2007
Honey is an ancient wound remedy that is reappearing in clinical practice in developed countries. The availability of licensed wound care products in Europe, New Zealand and Australia is prompting healthcare practitioners in conventional...
Honey is an ancient wound remedy that is reappearing in clinical practice in developed countries. The availability of licensed wound care products in Europe, New Zealand and Australia is prompting healthcare practitioners in conventional...
Honey is an ancient wound...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
03/03/2007
Metatarsalgia is a diagnostic term used to describe pain in the ball of the foot. Gerard V. Yu, DPM, eloquently described and illustrated predislocation syndrome in 1995. What Dr. Yu described was a clinical syndrome characterized by...
Metatarsalgia is a diagnostic term used to describe pain in the ball of the foot. Gerard V. Yu, DPM, eloquently described and illustrated predislocation syndrome in 1995. What Dr. Yu described was a clinical syndrome characterized by...
Metatarsalgia is a...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
03/03/2007
The basic question is really “How do you get someone to do something that they do not especially want to do?” The fictional Tom Sawyer was the classic king of this skill but as physicians, we are trying to do something a bit more...
The basic question is really “How do you get someone to do something that they do not especially want to do?” The fictional Tom Sawyer was the classic king of this skill but as physicians, we are trying to do something a bit more...
The basic question is...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
03/03/2007
When it comes to patients with ischemic foot ulcers, potential complications can be dire. Accordingly, it is important to have a firm grasp on diagnostic studies as well as current and emerging treatment options that may enhance outcomes...
When it comes to patients with ischemic foot ulcers, potential complications can be dire. Accordingly, it is important to have a firm grasp on diagnostic studies as well as current and emerging treatment options that may enhance outcomes...
When it comes to patients...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
