BookAristidis Veves, John M. Giurini, Frank W. LoGerfo, editors.
Contents:
Clinical features and diagnosis
Principles of care in the diabetic surgical patient
Epidemiology and health care cost of diabetic foot problems
Diabetic polyneuropathy
Clinical examination and risk classification of the diabetic foot
Clinical features and diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease
Imaging of infection in the diabetic foot
Pathophysiology
Physiology and pathophysiology of wound healing in diabetes
Neuropeptides and diabetic wound-healing
Induced regeneration of skin and peripheral nerves in the adult
Microvascular changes in the diabetic foot
Biomechanics of the diabetic foot: the road to foot ulceration
Diabetic foot ulcers: effects of hypertoxia and stromal-derived factor-1[alpha] on endothelial progenitor cells
Management of the diabetic foot
Wound bed preparation of the diabetic foot ulcer
Foot pressure abnormalities in the diabetic foot
Proactive wound care
Local care of diabetic foot ulcers: assessment, dressings, and topical treatments
Surgical treatment of the ulcerated foot
Microbiology and treatment of diabetic foot infections
Lower extremity arterial reconstruction in patients with diabetes mellitus: principles of treatment
Charcot arthropathy in the diabetic foot
Soft tissue reconstruction options for the ulcerated or gangrenous diabetic foot
Amputations and rehabilitation
Organization and preventive care
Organization of the diabetic foot care team
Quality of health care
Psychosocial and educational implications of diabetic foot complications
Role of footwear in the prevention of diabetic foot problems.