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ACFAOM
It’s finally here! Three years in the making, the third edition of the very popular Review Text is now available – and it comes in two versions for one very fair price. In addition to the 500-page hard copy that will be sent by UPS, you will also have online access once your order has been fully processed. It is ideal for your office as a quick guide for diagnosis and treatment. In this way, you can use the information and format when and where needed – at your desk or in the clinic with patients.
For additional information and to order, go to www.acfaom.org/review-text.
Podiatry Today
Just as we know we can treat anything in the foot and ankle from ingrown toenails to plantar fasciitis to complex fractures, we know aging adults are prone to chronic foot problems, especially if they have an underlying disease such as diabetes. We also know that Medicare doesn’t cover all podiatry services.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Non-removable offloading devices are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated plantar diabetic foot ulcers because adherence to using removable devices is low. However, patients may not always understand how crucial the non-removability is to ulcer healing, leaving them with the impression that it is the device per se that heals the ulcer.
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Podiatry Today
In a provocative case study, the authors discuss the diagnosis of an aneurysmal bone cyst in a 21-year-old female and subsequent treatment with bone grafting and platelet-rich plasma.
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Plantar fasciopathy, characterised by plantar heel pain, affects one in ten in a lifetime. Heavy-slow resistance training is an emerging treatment, but it often takes considerable time before the effect starts to manifest. Combining HSR with a corticosteroid injection (known for its short-term pain relief) could potentially improve outcomes in both short and long term.
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Lowe Extremity Review
Patrick A. DeHeer, DPM writes:
Before pronouncing what I predict will be the single most significant change in foot and ankle surgery in coming years, it’s essential to look back. I asked an orthopedic colleague what he thought the most significant change in orthopedics was over the past 25 years, and he replied, “locking plate technology.” I agree.
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Medical Economics
Anyone who has been around for a while will remember how different healthcare was just 20 years ago. Go back 40 or 50 years and it would be unrecognizable. Those were the days when most people saw a family physician for everything. Specialists worked at the local or regional hospital. You only went there when it was really serious. Billing was simpler. There were no EHRs
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Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
In this randomized, quadruple-blind, sham-controlled trial, researchers assessed the effectiveness and safety of the treatment of onychomycosis with local laser therapy. For this analysis, patients with diabetes mellitus microbiological confirmation at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers and a clinical suspicion on onychomycosis were randomized to either four sessions neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd-YAG) 1064 nm laser or sham therapy.
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Pain Medicine
The objective of this study was to describe the development of a virtual reality (VR) treatment for phantom limb pain (PLP) and phantom sensations and provide feasibility data from testing the treatment in a population of veterans.
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