Volume 20 - Issue 5 - May 2007
Column
Industry News
05/03/2007
Clinicians have a new tool to treat the potentially serious peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Clinicians have a new tool to treat the potentially serious peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Clinicians have a new tool to...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
05/03/2007
By Aaron Becker, Special Projects Editor
By Aaron Becker, Special Projects Edi...
For many patients with diabetes, skin care of the foot can be a primary concern. Neglecting skin conditions as simple as dry or cracked skin can lead to minor wounds or even ulceration. For practitioners, the simplest of preventative...
For many patients with diabetes, skin care of the foot can be a primary concern. Neglecting skin conditions as simple as dry or cracked skin can lead to minor wounds or even ulceration. For practitioners, the simplest of preventative...
For many patients with diabetes,...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
05/03/2007
By Aaron Becker, Special Projects Editor
By Aaron Becker, Special Projects Edi...
For many patients with diabetes, skin care of the foot can be a primary concern. Neglecting skin conditions as simple as dry or cracked skin can lead to minor wounds or even ulceration. For practitioners, the simplest of preventative...
For many patients with diabetes, skin care of the foot can be a primary concern. Neglecting skin conditions as simple as dry or cracked skin can lead to minor wounds or even ulceration. For practitioners, the simplest of preventative...
For many patients with diabetes,...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Forum
05/03/2007
Job interviews have been the greatest challenge for me during the past 32 years of running a podiatry practice. I am no good at it. I have read a few books on the topic and most suggest interview formulas. You and your office manager grill...
Job interviews have been the greatest challenge for me during the past 32 years of running a podiatry practice. I am no good at it. I have read a few books on the topic and most suggest interview formulas. You and your office manager grill...
Job interviews have been the...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
05/03/2007
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
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Doctors in various professions have noted the deleterious effects of smoking on post-op healing. A new study says smokers take almost twice as long to heal as nonsmokers and also sheds light on another aspect of smoking: the delayed effects...
Doctors in various professions have noted the deleterious effects of smoking on post-op healing. A new study says smokers take almost twice as long to heal as nonsmokers and also sheds light on another aspect of smoking: the delayed effects...
Doctors in various professions...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
05/03/2007
Editor’s note: Peripheral nerve decompression for patients with diabetes and lower extremity neuropathy continues to be a hotly debated topic in podiatric medicine and other specialties. The driving force of evidence based medicine has looked...
Editor’s note: Peripheral nerve decompression for patients with diabetes and lower extremity neuropathy continues to be a hotly debated topic in podiatric medicine and other specialties. The driving force of evidence based medicine has looked...
Editor’s note: Peripheral nerve...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Surgical Pearls
05/03/2007
Nonunions can be difficult to address with any patient. Accordingly, the surgeon may benefit from any additional modalities that can prevent a recurrent nonunion after a revision. When evaluating a nonunion for surgical revision, one should...
Nonunions can be difficult to address with any patient. Accordingly, the surgeon may benefit from any additional modalities that can prevent a recurrent nonunion after a revision. When evaluating a nonunion for surgical revision, one should...
Nonunions can be difficult to...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
05/03/2007
By Tamara D. Fishman, DPM
By Tamara D. Fishman, DPM
Given the poor healing rates, high recurrence and castly nature of venous stasis ulcerations, this author offers a primer on key clinical signs, helpful insights on compression and wound care modalities, and underscores the importance of...
Given the poor healing rates, high recurrence and castly nature of venous stasis ulcerations, this author offers a primer on key clinical signs, helpful insights on compression and wound care modalities, and underscores the importance of...
Given the poor healing rates,...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
05/03/2007
By Robert J. Smith, Contributing Editor
By Robert J. Smith, Contributing Edit...
Ambiguity and inconsistency seem to reign when it comes to the podiatric scope of practice in different states. This author consults leading DPMs in the legal battles over podiatric scope of practice and whether a uniform national scope of...
Ambiguity and inconsistency seem to reign when it comes to the podiatric scope of practice in different states. This author consults leading DPMs in the legal battles over podiatric scope of practice and whether a uniform national scope of...
Ambiguity and inconsistency seem...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
05/03/2007
Clinical Editor: Lawrence Karlock, DPM
Clinical Editor: Lawrence Karlock, DP...
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can have a positive effect on wound healing. These panelists detail what types of wounds can benefit from the technology, when to consider negative pressure and how various NPWT devices compare to one...
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can have a positive effect on wound healing. These panelists detail what types of wounds can benefit from the technology, when to consider negative pressure and how various NPWT devices compare to one...
Negative pressure wound therapy...
05/03/2007
Podiatry Today
