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DIABETIC FOOT PROBLEMS
edited by Aziz Nather (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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 Mellitus and Its Complications: A Global Problem (A Nather
& P H Wu)
- Team Approach for Diabetic Foot Problems — The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.)
- Foot at Risk (A Erasmus & A Jorgensen)
- Assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy (T Tsao & A Nather)
- Management of Diabetes (S B Chionh)
- Antibiotics in the Management of Diabetic Foot Infections (C Ong & P A Tambyah)
- Necrotising Fasciitis (A Nather & T Setiobudi)
- Predictive Factors for Limb Salvage — The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.)
- Major Amputations in Diabetics (A Nather & G Singh)
- Rehabilitation Following Major Lower Limb Amputation (A K S Lim & A Nather)
- Phantom Pain and Its Management (W Kusumaningsih)
- Management and Complications of Charcot Joint Disease (A Nather & T Setiobudi)
- Types of Dressings for Diabetic Foot Ulcers (T Tsao & A Nather)
- Role of Anodyne Therapy for Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers (A Nather et al.)
- Role of Ultrasonic Debridement for Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers (A Erasmus et al.)
- Vacuum Assisted Closure in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (Y- P Peng)
- Diabetic Foot Care (T Tsao)
- Diabetic Footwear: Current Status and Future Directions (A Nather & G Singh)
- Footwear Habits in Diabetics With and Without Diabetic Foot Problems — The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.)
- and other chapters
Readership: Endocrinologists, orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists, infectious
disease consultants, nurse educators, specialized wound care nurses, foot screen nurses, counselors, rehabilitation professionals, dietitians, vascular surgeons and skin cover surgeons.
| 604pp |
Pub. date: May 2008 |
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