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).

Presented as case studies, this book is a practical guide to the diabetic foot, with a focus on the different types and stages of diabetic foot disease and clinical management.

Divided into nine sections, the book begins with in depth coverage of diagnostic tools. Each of the following sections discusses the treatment of different diabetic foot disorders, from simple cures to more aggressive and advanced modalities to avoid amputations.

Contents:

Section 1: Diagnostic Tools

Section 2: Treatment Modalities

Section 3: Neuropathic Unilateral Ulcers

Section 4: Neuropathic Bilateral Ulcers

Section 5: Ischemic Cases

Section 6: Osteomyelitis

Section 7: Charcot's Foot

Section 8: Infected Diabetic Foot

Section 9: Renal Foot

Section 10: Diabetic Hand Wounds: Not Uncommon

Section 11: Footwear Injury

Section 12: Foreign Body Injury

Section 13: Iceberg Phenomenon

Section 14: Major Lower Limb Amputations

Section 15: Venous Stasis Ulcers

Bibliography

Index