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ACFAOM will be holding the 2017 Annual Meeting at APMA's "The National" in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, July 28. We hope you will attend the meeting, which has three important segments: HEEL PAIN: Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment, the annual membership business meeting, and a joint reception with ABPM. ACFAOM members in attendance will receive a $100 refund from ACFAOM after the meeting to defray the cost of your education.
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Annals of Plastic Surgery
Diabetic foot ulcers are associated with an increased risk of secondary infection and amputation. Platelet-rich fibrin, a platelet and leukocyte concentrate containing several cytokines and growth factors, is known to promote wound healing. However, the effect of PRF on diabetic wound healing has not been adequately investigated. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of PRF on skin wound healing in a diabetic mouse model.
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| | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PEARLS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR PODIATRIC EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT (IPED) |
Physicians Practice
This week, CMS released the proposed rule which outlines the 2018 performance year requirements of its Quality Payment Program, under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Diabetes affects nearly 1 of every 10 Californians. A serious side effect of the disease is foot ulcers, which significantly increase a patient's risk of amputation and death. They can be difficult and expensive to treat, and a majority of people with diabetes in the U.S. do not receive clinically recommended foot health screenings or access podiatric care. In California, Medi-Cal designates podiatric services as optional, limiting access to the complete care spectrum for diabetic beneficiaries. This policy brief uses Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development discharge data to project total California expenditures related to lower extremity complications.
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Lower Extremity Review
Most practitioners are aware that diabetic foot ulcers have a high recurrence rate, but might be surprised by findings epublished in April suggesting a relatively large number of subsequent ulcers occur at new locations, including the contralateral foot.
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Podiatry Today
Can a new advance enhance external fixation? Could a native collagen product have an impact in counteracting biofilm recurrence? Can emerging topicals provide epidermal barrier repair in patients prone to dry, irritated skin? Could an intriguing surgical system facilitate more consistent, reproducible first ray correction with Lapidus bunionectomy procedures? With these questions in mind, this author talked to leading experts in the field to get their thoughts on the latest innovations in podiatry.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Appropriate footwear for individuals with diabetes but no ulceration history could reduce the risk of first ulceration. However, individuals who deem themselves at low risk are unlikely to seek out bespoke footwear which is personalized. Therefore, our primary aim was to investigate whether group-optimized footwear designs, which could be prefabricated and delivered in a retail setting, could achieve appropriate pressure reduction, or whether footwear selection must be on a patient-by-patient basis. A second aim was to compare responses to footwear design between healthy participants and people with diabetes in order to understand the transferability of previous footwear research, performed in healthy populations.
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Podiatry Today
What kind of impact can maximalist shoes have on an athlete's biomechanics? With this question in mind, this author discusses the makeup of maximalist footwear, the influence upon foot strike, biomechanical assessment and how all of these factors can impact maximalist shoewear recommendations for athletes.
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Medical Xpress
Helping patients to better manage stress and improve coping strategies related to pain may minimize the need for opioids following ankle fracture surgery, according to new research appearing in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
The U.S. is facing an opioid epidemic, with millions of people dependent on or misusing prescription painkillers such as codeine, morphine, oxymorphone, tramadol, hydrocodone or oxycodone.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Lateral talar process fractures are often missed on conventional radiographs. A positive V sign is an interruption of the contour of the LTP. It has been suggested, but not proven to be pathognomonic for LTPF. The objective was to study whether the V sign is pathognomonic for LTPF and if it can be properly assessed in different ankle positions and varying fracture types.
An experimental study was conducted. Two investigators assessed lateral radiographs of a foot and ankle model.
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ScienceDaily
Researchers at New York University College of Dentistry have described a new target that may open the door to developing therapies for preventing bone fractures in people with type 2 diabetes.
In a study published in Nature Communications, the investigators report that hyperglycemic mice (or mice with type 2 diabetes) have a 24-fold higher accumulation of succinate, an intermediate metabolite, in the metabolic pathways of their bone marrow stromal cells.
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