Main description:

The incidence of diabetes is increasing both in the western world and in developing countries; type 2 diabetes increase is partly the result of greater obesity.

Diabetes can cause two major problems to the foot - diabetic neuropathy resulting in nerve damage and peripheral vascular disease reducing the flow of blood. These can result in ulceration of the foot which needs careful management to avoid the possibility of amputation. This management is best undertaken by multidisciplinary teams using the latest evidence to support their practice.

This book presents a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the latest evidence-based investigations, techniques and management of the diabetic foot.

Evidenced-based management of the diabetic foot
International, multidisciplinary team of editors and contributors
Comprehensive reference for all health professionals involved in the care of diabetic foot problems

Contents:

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

1 Epidemiology of diabetic foot disease and aetiology of ulceration

2 Clinical assessment of foot disease and screening to prevent ulceration and amputation

3 Setting up a diabetic foot service

4 Economic aspects of foot care

5 Medical therapy and metabolic control to optimise and decrease foot complications and improve healing

6 Psychological aspects of diabetes-related foot disease

7 Patient education or diabetes self-management education to prevent foot ulcers or amputations

8 Managing infection in the diabetic foot

9 Diabetic foot osteomyelitis: diagnosis and classification

10 Osteomyelitis: medical management

11 Osteomyelitis: surgical management

12 Peripheral arterial disease in diabetes

13 Microvascular disease

14 Diagnosis of PAD

15 Imaging PAD

16 Angiosomes

17 Distal bypass techniques

18 Angioplasty techniques

19 Outcomes of angioplasty and bypass in diabetes

20 Pathobiology of neuropathy

21 Diabetic neuropathy and the lower extremity: diagnosis, management and consequences

22 Nerve decompression, a new treatment in in diabetic neuropathy?

23 Acute and chronic wound biology in diabetes

24 Scoring systems/assessment of the ulcerated foot

25 Wound dressings and debridement

26 Adjuncts to wound healing

27 Standardisation of outcomes/endpoints of wound healing in everyday practice and clinical trials

28 Surgical anatomy of the foot

29 Surgical debridement

30 Skin and local tissue flaps

31 Free tissue transfer

32 The causes and diagnosis of the acute charcot foot in diabetes

33 Charcot osteoarthropathy: medical management

34 Charcot osteoarthropathy: surgical management and offloading

35 Minor amputation/major amputation

36 Rehabilitation post-amputation

37 Offloading

38 Prevention of re-ulceration

39 Preventive foot care programs