Atlas of the Diabetic Foot

Fully updated, with new chapters on surgical treatments to restore or improve circulation, the use of pharmacological agents as preventive treatment, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment for advanced foot ulcers, this new edition will once again provide podiatrists, diabetic specialists, orthopedic surgeons, endocrinologists and podiatry nurse specialists with a full color, case-based atlas to be used both as a teaching instrument and as a reference guide in the identification of patients at risk of severe foot problems associated with diabetes.

Nicholas Katsilambros MD, Professor in Internal Medicine Athens University Medical School Eygenideio Hospital and Research Laboratory “Christeas Hall” Athens, Greece

Eleftherios Dounis MD, FACS, Director Orthopedia Department Laiko General Hospital Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Makrilakis MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine Athens University Medical School 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine Laiko General Hospital Athens, Greece

Nicholas Tentolouris MD, Asssistant Professor 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine Athens University Medical School Laiko General Hospital Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Tsapogas MD, Medical and Diabetes Department Medical Bioprognosis Corfu, Greece

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Diabetic Neuropathy	p. 11
Anatomic Risk Factors for Diabetic Foot Ulceration	p. 21
Other Foot-Related Risk Factors	p. 48
Skin and Systemic Diseases with Manifestations in the Feet	p. 62
Neuropathic Ulcers	p. 74
Peripheral Vascular Disease	p. 91
Ischemic and Neuro-Ischemic Ulcers and Gangrene	p. 106
Heel Ulcers	p. 137
Charcot Foot	p. 148
Infections	p. 169
Methods of Prevention	p. 194
Methods of Ulcer Healing	p. 200
Amputations	p. 224
Appendix	p. 243
Index	p. 244
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Atlas of the Diabetic Foot

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