Overview
Chapters reflect the six main presentations of the diabetic foot at risk of amputation and present a clear interdisciplinary Diagrams of limb salvage pathways provide a clear summary of patient management
Clinical photographs assist the reader in quickly and easily recognizing the various presentations of the threatened limb
Offers practical, instructive information for clinicians on what to do in common limb salvage situations
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About this book
This book provides a practical guide to the treatment of patients as risk from limb amputation. The most common presentations of the diabetic foot are presented in concise and evidence-based chapters covering the neuropathic foot, the Charcot foot, the ischemic foot, and the infected foot. Each section includes an introduction to the clinical approach as well as an algorithm illustrating the limb salvage pathway and intervention steps.
Limb Salvage of the Diabetic Foot: An Interdisciplinary Approach aims to help the reader build an interdisciplinary understanding of the diabetic foot and its treatment and is of interest to all members of the interdisciplinary diabetic foot team including surgeons, podiatrists, radiologists, nurses, orthotists, infectious disease physicians, and endocrinologists.
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Neuropathic Foot
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Charcot Foot
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Limb Salvage of the Diabetic Foot
Book Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editors: Michael E. Edmonds, Bauer E. Sumpio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17918-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17917-9Published: 14 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17918-6Published: 30 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 535
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 146 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Surgery