Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2008
09/03/2008
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close...
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Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Turf toe is primarily considered a sprain of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ). The mechanism of turf toe injuries is a hyperextension of the first MPJ, which results in a sprain of the plantar joint capsule or a potential tear or...
Turf toe is primarily considered a sprain of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ). The mechanism of turf toe injuries is a hyperextension of the first MPJ, which results in a sprain of the plantar joint capsule or a potential tear or...
Turf toe is primarily considered...
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Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Column
Treatment Dilemmas
09/03/2008
The treatment of painful hammertoes has dramatically changed in the past several years. What used to be a troubling and often difficult problem to correct has improved to the point that correction is consistent and there is far less pain and...
The treatment of painful hammertoes has dramatically changed in the past several years. What used to be a troubling and often difficult problem to correct has improved to the point that correction is consistent and there is far less pain and...
The treatment of painful...
09/03/2008
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Industry News
09/03/2008
More patients can utilize the proven benefits of silver, thanks to a new dressing.
Melgisorb Ag releases a sustained amount of antibacterial silver for up to four days, according to the manufacturer Mölnlycke Health Care. The company...
More patients can utilize the proven benefits of silver, thanks to a new dressing.
Melgisorb Ag releases a sustained amount of antibacterial silver for up to four days, according to the manufacturer Mölnlycke Health Care. The company...
More patients can utilize the...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Forum
09/03/2008
I am cooking this afternoon. It is a beautiful, balmy western Washington summer day and a light rain shower has spared me from harvesting the lawn on the John Deere.
This evening’s dinner will be shared with a pediatrician who has been my...
I am cooking this afternoon. It is a beautiful, balmy western Washington summer day and a light rain shower has spared me from harvesting the lawn on the John Deere.
This evening’s dinner will be shared with a pediatrician who has been my...
I am cooking this afternoon. It...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
09/03/2008
Learning and performing effective surgery is akin to studying and speaking a foreign language. Not every one does so with the same fluency. The patient often does not speak a single word. Anatomy is the vocabulary, surgical procedure...
Learning and performing effective surgery is akin to studying and speaking a foreign language. Not every one does so with the same fluency. The patient often does not speak a single word. Anatomy is the vocabulary, surgical procedure...
Learning and performing...
09/03/2008
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Continuing Education
Education
09/03/2008
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
09/03/2008
Patients with venous ulcers can face daunting complications. Accordingly, our expert panelists provide pertinent pearls on diagnosis, compression therapy, debridement and how their patients have fared with vascular surgery procedures.
Q: How...
Patients with venous ulcers can face daunting complications. Accordingly, our expert panelists provide pertinent pearls on diagnosis, compression therapy, debridement and how their patients have fared with vascular surgery procedures.
Q: How...
Patients with venous ulcers can...
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