Main description:

Diabetes can limit blood supply to the feet resulting in loss of feeling, which means foot injuries do not heal well and may go unnoticed. People with diabetes are 15 times more likely to have a limb amputated due to gangrene (NHS Choices).

This book is a complete guide to the care of diabetic foot. Beginning with the basics of the condition, clinical examination and assessment, the following chapters describe management strategies for diabetic foot resulting from different disorders.

This comprehensive manual includes more than 300 images, illustrations and tables, and each chapter offers suggestions for further reading.

Key points

Complete guide to care of the diabetic foot
Covers diagnosis and management strategies for the condition resulting from different disorders
Includes more than 300 images, illustrations and tables
Extensive further reading suggestions

Contents:

Introduction
Historical Notes on a Modern Disease: The Diabetic Foot
Surgical Anatomy of the Lower limb and Foot
The Global Burden of Diabetic Foot
Diabetic Neuropathy
The Biomechanics of the Diabetic Foot
Examination of Feet in Diabetes
Classification and Staging of Diabetic Foot
The Assessment and Management of Plantar Ulcers and Off-loading the Diabetic Foot
The Diabetic Charcot Foot: Diagnosis and Management
Diabetic Foot Infections
Principles of Debridement in Infected Foot
Evaluation of Neuroischemic Foot
Approach to Dysvascular Diabetic Foot
Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Short and Long Term Outcomes
Amputations
Newer Therapies-Advanced wound healing products and techniques
Atypical features of Diabetic foot in Indians
Screening and Prevention of the Diabetic Foot
Prescribing Footwear
Patient education and empowerment in the prevention and Management of diabetic foot disease
Establishing a Multidisciplinary/ Interdisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic