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Clinical Rehabilitation
Ankle fractures are common with an incidence of up to 187/100,000/year. There is a bimodal distribution with a peak in younger males under 30 years and females over 60 years. Weber’s classification is widely accepted. Non-operative treatment is only possible in no or minimal (<2 possible.
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Lower Extremity Review
Developing a multidisciplinary team dedicated to diabetic limb salvage allows for immediate referral, lessens the burdens on individual practitioners, helps remove structural barriers that can delay patient care, and offers a framework in which to organize inpatient care for these patients.
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Podiatry Today
The midtarsal joint is probably one of the least understood but most important joints of the human foot. During daily weightbearing activities, the midtarsal joint must be compliant enough to allow the foot to adapt to uneven terrain and stiff enough to allow the powerful gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to push the body efficiently forward off the plantar forefoot. The ability of the midtarsal joint to biomechanically optimize the load versus deformation characteristics of the foot is what makes this pedal joint such an important part of the human bipedal locomotor apparatus.
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PrognoCIS Electronic Health Record (EHR) and services use the latest internet technologies to provide efficient practice management and medical billing, meeting the needs of podiatrists around the country.
Learn why our members say we’re "More Than a Great EHR."
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Due to the high incidence of forefoot ulcerations with associated osteomyelitis, there has been an increased demand for partial ray amputations. In order to ensure complete removal of infected metatarsal bone, a clean margin amount is chosen based on the surgeon’s intraoperative visual subjective evaluation. The margin is resected and sent to pathology. Currently the literature shows positive proximal margin rates of 35-40 percent. The purpose of this study was to reduce the rate of positive proximal margins by effectively resecting all infected bone using pre-operative MRI measurements with an added resection margin.
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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Diabetic foot infections can lead to limb loss and mortality. To improve patient care at a safety net teaching hospital, researchers created a multidisciplinary vascular limb salvage service. This study describes outcomes before and after creation of this service.
Adults admitted to the newly established LSS for DFI during a six-month period from 2016 to 2017 were included prospectively.
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Podiatry Today
Good medical practice is all about prevention. Early detection of simple disorders can lead to prevention of secondary complications as well as a reduction in healthcare costs.
A 48-year-old patient presents with a superficial erosion between his toes. He denies pain but reports intermittent bouts of scaling and clear drainage between his toes. Previous treatments included a variety of over-the-counter remedies with some improvement but without complete resolution.
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Medical Economics
Studies have shown that a majority of patients are now using online reviews as a first step to finding a new doctor, and nearly 65 percent of people form an opinion by reading anywhere from 1 to 6 reviews.
According to BrightLocal's Local Consumer Review Survey, 70 percent of consumers will leave a review for a business if asked, so encouraging patients to leave positive reviews for a practice not only helps to build a solid reputation, but also helps to buffer the occasional negative review.
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Diabetes in Control
In 2015, the American Diabetes Association reported that almost 10 percent (30.3 million adults) of the U.S. population was afflicted with diabetes mellitus and another
84.1 million adults had prediabetes. This staggering number continues to grow and has proven to be a tremendous burden on the healthcare system. With an estimated 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes each year programs designed to help reduce the number of adverse events are instrumental in preventing morbidity and mortality.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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