Volume 34 - Issue 7 - July 2021
Feature
07/31/2021
Jennifer Spector, DPM, FACFAS, Managing Editor
Taking a closer look at recent advancements in foot and ankle surgery, technology, wound care, offloading and insoles, the author talks with key opinion leaders about developments in the field that could impact podiatric practice.
Taking a closer look at recent advancements in foot and ankle surgery, technology, wound care, offloading and insoles, the author talks with key opinion leaders about developments in the field that could impact podiatric practice.
Taking a closer look at recent...
07/31/2021
Podiatry Today
Column
Treatment Dilemmas
07/23/2021
Bob Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS
From elite athletes to weekend warriors, Achilles ruptures can affect all age groups and all types of individuals. The most common Achilles rupture patient in my practice is a 40- to 60-year-old male athlete, most commonly the aforementioned...
From elite athletes to weekend warriors, Achilles ruptures can affect all age groups and all types of individuals. The most common Achilles rupture patient in my practice is a 40- to 60-year-old male athlete, most commonly the aforementioned...
From elite athletes to weekend...
07/23/2021
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
07/21/2021
Michael H Theodoulou, DPM, FACFAS
Kristina Sikar, DPM
As specialists involved in managing the lower extremity, specifically the foot and ankle, we can appreciate the small area that we work in and the intolerances that the anatomy has to injury and disease. The pathology itself prompts the...
As specialists involved in managing the lower extremity, specifically the foot and ankle, we can appreciate the small area that we work in and the intolerances that the anatomy has to injury and disease. The pathology itself prompts the...
As specialists involved in...
07/21/2021
Podiatry Today
Forum
07/01/2021
Two-thirds of a century ago, in 1954, an orthopedic surgeon from Birmingham, United Kingdom, John H. Hicks, published one of my favorite research articles on foot biomechanics.1 In his research on the biomechanical function of the plantar...
Two-thirds of a century ago, in 1954, an orthopedic surgeon from Birmingham, United Kingdom, John H. Hicks, published one of my favorite research articles on foot biomechanics.1 In his research on the biomechanical function of the plantar...
Two-thirds of a century ago,...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
07/01/2021
Brian McCurdy, Contributing Editor
With the opioid epidemic raging in the United States, podiatric surgeons must be able to provide effective and responsible pain relief without risking opioid addiction. A poster presented at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons...
With the opioid epidemic raging in the United States, podiatric surgeons must be able to provide effective and responsible pain relief without risking opioid addiction. A poster presented at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons...
With the opioid epidemic raging...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
07/01/2021
Jared L. Moon, DPM, FACFAS
In my experience, our education and training characterizes the Keller arthroplasty as outdated and as little more than an academic mention. While it seems well-known that the Keller procedure carries wide indications for geriatric bunion...
In my experience, our education and training characterizes the Keller arthroplasty as outdated and as little more than an academic mention. While it seems well-known that the Keller procedure carries wide indications for geriatric bunion...
In my experience, our education...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
Wound Care Q&A
07/01/2021
Clinical Editor: Kazu Suzuki, DPM, CWS
Panelists: Barbara Aung, DPM, DABPM, CWS, FAPWHc and Andrew Rice, DPM, FACFAS
Clinical Editor: Kazu Suzuki, DPM,...
Medicine is a field of continuous innovation, and limb salvage is no exception. Here the panelists discuss their observations and experiences over their years of practice regarding developments that have made an impact for patients, along...
Medicine is a field of continuous innovation, and limb salvage is no exception. Here the panelists discuss their observations and experiences over their years of practice regarding developments that have made an impact for patients, along...
Medicine is a field of...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
Feature
Feature
07/16/2021
Kelsey Millonig, DPM, MPH, AACFAS
Noman Siddiqui, DPM, MHA, FACFAS
With so many surgical options available for hallux abductovalgus correction, how are surgeons to choose an optimal postoperative protocol? Here the authors share their experience, along with evidence from the literature in an effort to assist...
With so many surgical options available for hallux abductovalgus correction, how are surgeons to choose an optimal postoperative protocol? Here the authors share their experience, along with evidence from the literature in an effort to assist...
With so many surgical options...
07/16/2021
Podiatry Today
Feature
07/01/2021
Tracey C. Vlahovic, DPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
Tracey C. Vlahovic, DPM, FFPM RCPS (G...
A comprehensive differential diagnosis for dystrophic toenails is an important tool for podiatrists. Here the author takes a closer look at a rare and benign, but important condition to be aware of that one could easily mistake for other nail...
A comprehensive differential diagnosis for dystrophic toenails is an important tool for podiatrists. Here the author takes a closer look at a rare and benign, but important condition to be aware of that one could easily mistake for other nail...
A comprehensive differential...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
Feature
07/01/2021
Jonathan Furmanek, DPM
John Miller, DPM
Ali Rahnama-Vaghef, DPM, AACFAS
Noman Siddiqui, DPM, MHA, FACFAS
Treatment of deformity from Charcot neuroarthropathy can prove challenging, especially in a patient population with complex risks and needs. Here the authors examine minimally invasive surgical techniques that might apply to Charcot...
Treatment of deformity from Charcot neuroarthropathy can prove challenging, especially in a patient population with complex risks and needs. Here the authors examine minimally invasive surgical techniques that might apply to Charcot...
Treatment of deformity from...
07/01/2021
Podiatry Today
07/09/2021
Devin Bland, DPM
Tomas Trevino, DPM
Carla Aldaz, MSN, FNP-S
When treating advanced wounds, podiatrists should keep a variety of differential diagnoses in mind. Here the authors outline a challenging diagnosis that is often one of exclusion, but one for which providers should have an index of suspicion...
When treating advanced wounds, podiatrists should keep a variety of differential diagnoses in mind. Here the authors outline a challenging diagnosis that is often one of exclusion, but one for which providers should have an index of suspicion...
When treating advanced wounds,...
07/09/2021
Podiatry Today
