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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785146603321

Titolo

High risk diabetic foot : treatment and prevention / / edited by Lawrence A. Lavery, Edgar J.G. Peters, Ruth L. Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Informa Healthcare, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-09283-0

1-282-77904-4

9786612779046

1-4200-8302-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaveryLawrence A. <1960->

PetersEdgar J. G

BushRuth L

Disciplina

616.6/1

Soggetti

Diabetic angiopathies

Diabetic neuropathies

Foot manifestations of general diseases

Foot - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Peripheral arterial disease; Chapter 2. Clinical and vascular laboratory assessment of peripheral vascular disease; Chapter 3. Endovascular treatment of infrainguinal arterial disease; Chapter 4. Open arterial reconstruction of the diabetic foot; Chapter 5. Diabetic neuropathy and the lower extremity; Chapter 6. Painful diabetic neuropathy; Chapter 7. Advanced therapies to treat diabetic foot ulcers; Chapter 8. The infected diabetic foot; Chapter 9. Offloading the diabetic foot; Chapter 10. Surgical approach to the diabetic foot ulcer

Chapter 11. Charcot arthropathyChapter 12. Amputation; Chapter 13. Preventing foot complications; Chapter 14. Impact of specialized foot clinics; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book is intended to provide guidelines for the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of the high risk diabetic foot. The diabetic foot



is preferably treated in a multidisciplinary team of caregivers. It is this audience that this book is specifically written for. These professionals consist of physicians, surgeons, nurses, podiatrists, physiotherapists, radiologists, health care managers and possibly many more specialists--Provided by publisher.