High Risk Diabetic Foot

Emphasizing a team approach that includes the practicing podiatrist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, vascular surgeon, orthopedist, and infectious disease specialist, High Risk Diabetic Foot provides a thorough and detailed resource on the management of complex diabetic foot problems. This comprehensive text is an essential tool that will enable physicians to reduce infections and amputations through careful examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Key features in High Risk Diabetic Foot include: * A full section devoted to the prevention of amputation * High-quality images for accurate diagnosis * Chapters organized by epidemiology, classification and staging, diagnosis, special studies, and medical and surgical management * Summary tables and flow charts for quick reference * A discussion of the co-morbidities associated with diabetic foot pathology, including sensory neuropathy, painful neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, food wounds, and more * Identification of the level of medical evidence associated with treatment recommendations Lawrence A. Lavery Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, USA Ruth Bush Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, USA Edgar Peters University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands CONTENTS Preface Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease Clinical and Vascular Laboratory Assessment of Peripheral Vascular Disease Endovascular Treatment of Infrainguinal Arterial Disease Open Arterial Reconstruction of the Diabetic Foot The Painless Foot: Sensory, Motor and Autonomic Neuropathy Evaluation and Treatment of Painful Neuropathy Foot Ulcerations The Infected Diabetic Foot Off-Loading the Diabetic Foot Surgical Approach to Heal Foot Ulcers Charcot's Arthropathy Amputations of the Foot and Leg Preventing Diabetic Foot Complications Impact of Specialised Foot Clinics