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Foot and Ankle Surgery
Barbed sutures represent a novel technique for wound closure. By distributing tension forces across the length of a wound, it results in better wound healing. A recent article from Chowdhry et al. cautioned against the use of barbed sutures in foot and ankle surgery. Our experience with the Quill® (Angiotech, Vancouver, BC) barbed suture, showed a more positive outcome.
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ACFAOM
Join us for ACFAOM's next free, members-only webinar on Monday, May 15, from 7:00-8:00 PM EDT, "Coding & Billing: What You Need to Know for 2017." With every new year, there are changes and new information a podiatric office must stay abreast on. Medical coding is no different. For 2017, there have been some significant CPT changes, a number of ICD-10 changes, and a change with certain issues that Medicare has moved to the top of the list to audit for inappropriate billing. Find out what is new for 2017 from Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, FACFAOM. Register today for the May 15th webinar!
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ACFAOM
John Grady, DPM, FACFAOM and Patrick Agnew, DPM are the featured guests for tonight’s Meet the Masters audio-conference (at 9 p.m. ET) with host, and former ACFAOM president, Bret Ribotsky, DPM, FACFAOM. Dr. Grady is a recipient of the APMA 2010 Award of Excellence has been directing the foot and ankle surgical residency in the VA Chicago Healthcare System for 24 years. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopedics & Medicine. Dr. Agnew is a past president of the American College of Foot and Ankle Pediatrics and the Hampton Roads Podiatric Medical Society and is the founder and director of the Eastern Virginia Medical School Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residencies. To register for this FREE weekly, and unique, learning experience that will give you additional insights into the profession's past and future.
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Podiatry Management
As the medical community moves forward into
2017, a new phase of
electronic health record
keeping and measure
reporting has now come into fruition. With the repeal of the sustainable growth rate formula,
the Merit-Based Incentive Payment
System, or MIPS, one of the two
new payment tracks established by
the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act or MACRA, is now
taking hold of the Medicare reimbursement paradigm.
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Podiatry Today
Given their high post-traumatic malunion rate, talar neck fractures present considerable challenges for foot and ankle surgeons. These authors present effective techniques for performing an opening wedge osteotomy to resolve talar neck malunions, offering a closer look at the literature and an illustrative case study.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Excessive stiffness of lower limb muscles is associated with sports injuries. Therefore, the identification of a reliable measurement of the shear elastic modulus of various ankle plantar flexion muscles is required to evaluate lower leg sports injuries. This study investigated the reliable measurement of the shear elastic modulus of the ankle plantar flexion muscles at different ankle positions.
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Podiatry Today
If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as Benjamin Franklin put it, then a month-long podiatry rotation is worth a year of prophylaxis. Podiatrists, albeit being specialists, are often the first practitioners to diagnose major systemic issues of the body.
A plethora of diseases have lower extremity manifestations that are habitually unique in presentation. The nature of pathology as it relates to the anatomy of the lower extremities dictates that early signs and symptoms of malady arise peripherally. As one's health condition deteriorates, the body relies on its immune response for healing.
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Dove Medical Press
The aim of this study was to perform an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the clinical efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of negative-pressure wound therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Medscape recently released its physician compensation report for 2017, a comprehensive survey that is widely used or cited by more than 400,000 physicians in the industry. This is the report's seventh year, and it features hours worked, time spent with patients and what physicians say is their most rewarding and challenging aspects of their work. Widely representative of the sector, more than 19,200 physicians in 27 specialties responded to the survey.
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Physicians Practice
You don't have to look very far (or speak to many physicians) before encountering a well-worn phrase: physician burnout. In fact, it appears to be fairly ubiquitous in this day and age of practicing medicine.
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