Volume 21 - Issue 7 - July 2008
Column
Industry News
09/03/2008
Cool Cover A new bootie can offer cold therapy for patients suffering from various conditions. The NatraCare Cold Therapy Bootie has three pockets that allow patients to place cold packs around the heel, ball of the foot or the top of the...
Cool Cover A new bootie can offer cold therapy for patients suffering from various conditions. The NatraCare Cold Therapy Bootie has three pockets that allow patients to place cold packs around the heel, ball of the foot or the top of the...
Cool Cover A new bootie can...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
09/03/2008
Over the years, hallux valgus repair has evolved from simple bunionectomies to complex and multiple osteotomies. The keys to a successful outcome are the realignment of the structural abnormalities and a stable postoperative environment.The...
Over the years, hallux valgus repair has evolved from simple bunionectomies to complex and multiple osteotomies. The keys to a successful outcome are the realignment of the structural abnormalities and a stable postoperative environment.The...
Over the years, hallux valgus...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
07/03/2008
Lauren A. Fisher, DPM, Hillarie L. Sizemore, DPM, and Khurram H. Khan, DPM
Lauren A. Fisher, DPM, Hillarie L. Si...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a very common condition that affects 20 to 30 percent of patients over 50 years of age, equating to an estimated 10 million Americans. As the population ages, the incidence of PAD will likely increase...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a very common condition that affects 20 to 30 percent of patients over 50 years of age, equating to an estimated 10 million Americans. As the population ages, the incidence of PAD will likely increase...
Peripheral arterial disease...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
07/03/2008
Justin Franson, DPM, and Babak Baravarian, DPM
Justin Franson, DPM, and Babak Barava...
Bunion surgery is perhaps the most common procedure we perform in podiatry. Since bunions come in all shapes and sizes, several different types of procedures have emerged along with various refinements over the years.
Accordingly, let us take...
Bunion surgery is perhaps the most common procedure we perform in podiatry. Since bunions come in all shapes and sizes, several different types of procedures have emerged along with various refinements over the years.
Accordingly, let us take...
Bunion surgery is perhaps the...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
07/03/2008
Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
Getting patients with diabetes to exercise may be an uphill battle due to disease concerns. The combination of arthritis with diabetes can be an additional barrier to activity, according to a large survey conducted by the Centers for Disease...
Getting patients with diabetes to exercise may be an uphill battle due to disease concerns. The combination of arthritis with diabetes can be an additional barrier to activity, according to a large survey conducted by the Centers for Disease...
Getting patients with diabetes...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Motivation does not always come wrapped in a dollar bill.Yet whenever the topic of “staff incentive” comes up, so does the topic of money. Even though I try to emphasize that it takes more than cold hard cash to incentivize staff, far too...
Motivation does not always come wrapped in a dollar bill.Yet whenever the topic of “staff incentive” comes up, so does the topic of money. Even though I try to emphasize that it takes more than cold hard cash to incentivize staff, far too...
Motivation does not always come...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Steven R. Kravitz, DPM, Khurram Khan, DPM, and Lawrence Harkless, DPM
Steven R. Kravitz, DPM, Khurram Khan,...
Yes. By Dr. Steven R. Kravitz, DPM. This author says podiatrists should consider extracellular matrix enhancement for chronic, complex wounds that do not respond to standard of care therapy.
Over the past 10 years, there have been paradigm...
Yes. By Dr. Steven R. Kravitz, DPM. This author says podiatrists should consider extracellular matrix enhancement for chronic, complex wounds that do not respond to standard of care therapy.
Over the past 10 years, there have been paradigm...
Yes. By Dr. Steven R. Kravitz,...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
07/03/2008
Our contemporary knowledge and critical limb ischemia (CLI) tools have allowed us to dispel many myths regarding the endovascular treatments of lower extremity disease and CLI. These tools are not perfect but they have greatly improved over...
Our contemporary knowledge and critical limb ischemia (CLI) tools have allowed us to dispel many myths regarding the endovascular treatments of lower extremity disease and CLI. These tools are not perfect but they have greatly improved over...
Our contemporary knowledge and...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
07/03/2008
Eliza Addis-Thomas, DPM, Jon Key, DPM, FACFAS and Peter A. Blume, DPM, FACFAS
Eliza Addis-Thomas, DPM, Jon Key, DPM...
Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen that can result in everything from minor skin infections to osteomyelitis, bacteremia, endocarditis and pneumonia.1 In podiatry, infections with Staphylococcus aureus, especially methicillinresistant...
Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen that can result in everything from minor skin infections to osteomyelitis, bacteremia, endocarditis and pneumonia.1 In podiatry, infections with Staphylococcus aureus, especially methicillinresistant...
Staphylococcus aureus is a...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Feature
Feature
07/03/2008
Guy Pupp, DPM, FACFAS, and
Channa Williams, DPM
Guy Pupp, DPM, FACFAS, and
Channa Wil...
Biofilms reportedly cause an estimated 1 million nosocomial infections each year in the United States. Surgically, these microorganisms may cause abscesses, prosthetic failure and osteomyelitis. These complications may require surgical...
Biofilms reportedly cause an estimated 1 million nosocomial infections each year in the United States. Surgically, these microorganisms may cause abscesses, prosthetic failure and osteomyelitis. These complications may require surgical...
Biofilms reportedly cause an...
07/03/2008
Podiatry Today
