The High Risk Diabetic Foot: Treatment and Prevention

Emphasizing a team approach that includes the podiatrist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, vascular surgeon, orthopedist, and infectious disease specialist, The High Risk Diabetic Foot examines the management of complex diabetic foot problems. It is an essential tool that will help physicians to reduce infections and amputations through careful examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Key features:

• A 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
• 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