Full Description
This pioneering textbook is the first one ever on diabetic foot problems. With contributions from a multidisciplinary panel of experts, it presents a comprehensive curriculum on the topic. This includes global and socio-economic aspects of diabetes; a team approach; basic science of the foot (anatomy and biomechanics); clinical assessment and classification systems for diabetic foot problems; endocrine aspects; diabetic foot infections (clinical presentation and management); amputations in diabetic foot surgery (predictive factors, major and distal amputations, rehabilitation and phantom pain management); care of diabetic wounds (including the role of the latest technologically advanced dressings, vacuum dressings, anodyne therapy, ultrasonic debridement and extracorporeal shockwave therapy); and diabetic footcare and diabetic footwear.
Contents
Diabetes and Its Complications: A Global Problem (A Lim); Team Approach for Diabetic Foot Problems (A Nather et al.); Foot at Risk (A Jorgensen); Assessment for Neuropathy (A Nather); Outpatient Management (S B Chionh); Antibiotics in Management of Diabetic Foot Infections (P A Tambyah); Necrotizing Fasciitis (C H Wong); Role of Angiography and MRA (P Robless); Role of Vascular Surgery for Revascularization of Diabetic Foot (M G Sebastian); Predictive Factors for Limb Salvage: Singapore Experience (A Nather); Major Amputations (B Tiksnadi); Rehabilitation for Amputees (M Soedirman); Phantom Pain and Its Management (W Kusumaningsih); Surgery for Charcot's Osteoarthropathy (I Singh); Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen (K Chan); Use of Phytochemicals for Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers (S Sivananthan); Role of Anodyne Therapy (A Nather & E Sim); Role of Laser (P Hassan); Vacuum Pressings (A Lim); Principles of Skin Coverings for the Foot (J W-Y Ip); Screening Feet for All Diabetics (A Nather et al.); Footcare (A Erasmus); The Role of Stem Cells for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Problems (B Setiawan); The Role of Stem Cells for Limb Ischemia (S Cornain); and other chapters.
