Volume 16 - Issue 1 - January 2003
Column
Clinical Solutions in Practice
01/03/2003
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor...
Proper diagnosis and treatment of foot ulcerations is essential to preventing lower extremity amputations. With this in mind, Footlogic offers its PressureStat device. An alternative to the traditional optical pedobarograph, the PressureStat...
Proper diagnosis and treatment of foot ulcerations is essential to preventing lower extremity amputations. With this in mind, Footlogic offers its PressureStat device. An alternative to the traditional optical pedobarograph, the PressureStat...
Proper diagnosis and treatment...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
01/03/2003
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor...
Proper diagnosis and treatment of foot ulcerations is essential to preventing lower extremity amputations. With this in mind, Footlogic offers its PressureStat device. An alternative to the traditional optical pedobarograph, the PressureStat...
Proper diagnosis and treatment of foot ulcerations is essential to preventing lower extremity amputations. With this in mind, Footlogic offers its PressureStat device. An alternative to the traditional optical pedobarograph, the PressureStat...
Proper diagnosis and treatment...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Industry News
01/03/2003
Is it possible to foster improved wound healing as patients return to work? KCI has attempted to answer that question in the affirmative with its VACFreedom, the latest model of the successful Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) device. Recently...
Is it possible to foster improved wound healing as patients return to work? KCI has attempted to answer that question in the affirmative with its VACFreedom, the latest model of the successful Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) device. Recently...
Is it possible to foster...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Forum
01/03/2003
There’s an old Chinese curse that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” The past four months have been very interesting in the business segment of my practice. Curse is a good description of my situation. I returned from a short vacation...
There’s an old Chinese curse that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” The past four months have been very interesting in the business segment of my practice. Curse is a good description of my situation. I returned from a short vacation...
There’s an old Chinese curse...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Insights
Q&A
01/03/2003
Clinical Editor: Lawrence Karlock, DPM
Clinical Editor: Lawrence Karlock, DP...
As Aristidis Veves, MD and Thanh Dinh, DPM, point out, it is well-known that the chronic diabetic foot ulcer is stuck in the inflammation phase of the wound healing cycle. Research studies have shown that non-healing wounds may have specific...
As Aristidis Veves, MD and Thanh Dinh, DPM, point out, it is well-known that the chronic diabetic foot ulcer is stuck in the inflammation phase of the wound healing cycle. Research studies have shown that non-healing wounds may have specific...
As Aristidis Veves, MD and Thanh...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
01/03/2003
By Lowell Scott Weil Jr., DPM
By Lowell Scott Weil Jr., DPM
While the great majority of hallux valgus deformities can be accommodated with a wide toe-box shoe, secondary deformities, such as painful hammer digit syndrome and metatarsalgia, coupled with patient demands, often drive the need for...
While the great majority of hallux valgus deformities can be accommodated with a wide toe-box shoe, secondary deformities, such as painful hammer digit syndrome and metatarsalgia, coupled with patient demands, often drive the need for...
While the great majority of...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
01/03/2003
By Douglas Richie Jr., DPM
By Douglas Richie Jr., DPM
While several large orthotic laboratories have offered AFOs for over 20 years, the increasing demand for the devices has become a significant phenomenon in the podiatric field. Why have podiatrists turned to AFOs more and more in recent...
While several large orthotic laboratories have offered AFOs for over 20 years, the increasing demand for the devices has become a significant phenomenon in the podiatric field. Why have podiatrists turned to AFOs more and more in recent...
While several large orthotic...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
01/03/2003
By Robert Smith, Contributing Editor
By Robert Smith, Contributing Editor
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It had long been assumed that many medical practices (including podiatric practitioners) were lagging behind in complying with then-forthcoming HIPAA regulations. The actual figures released after the recent October deadline confirm those...
It had long been assumed that many medical practices (including podiatric practitioners) were lagging behind in complying with then-forthcoming HIPAA regulations. The actual figures released after the recent October deadline confirm those...
It had long been assumed that...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
01/03/2003
By Jeff Hall, Editor in Chief
By Jeff Hall, Editor in Chief
Perspective. They say it comes with age and is the result of an ongoing culmination of life experiences. It is the hope that as we develop this sense of wisdom, we’ll be better equipped to make smarter choices and decisions that may have a...
Perspective. They say it comes with age and is the result of an ongoing culmination of life experiences. It is the hope that as we develop this sense of wisdom, we’ll be better equipped to make smarter choices and decisions that may have a...
Perspective. They say it comes...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Continuing Education
Education
01/03/2003
In our profession, we do not receive extensive training in medical nutrition and its link to wound healing and the prevention of infections. Most podiatric and medical school curriculums devote only a limited amount of time to nutritional...
In our profession, we do not receive extensive training in medical nutrition and its link to wound healing and the prevention of infections. Most podiatric and medical school curriculums devote only a limited amount of time to nutritional...
In our profession, we do not...
01/03/2003
Podiatry Today
