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ACFAOM
Having podiatric assistants who hold ACFAOM's Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) designation shows that your practice is committed to excellence and demonstrates your dedication to retaining staff members who are serious about staying current with the clinical skills and best practices in podiatric medicine.
Show your patients that your assistants are held to the highest professional standard and will take excellent care of them!
Your podiatric medical assistants can show off their credential with an embroidered patch on their scrubs!
For more information and to register your podiatric assistant visit us online.
BMC Nephrology
Dialysis patients experience high rates of foot ulceration. Although risk factors for ulceration have been extensively studied in patients with diabetes, there is limited high-quality, longitudinal evidence in the dialysis population. Therefore, this study investigated risk factors for foot ulceration in a stable dialysis cohort.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
While the prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal problems are high, most attention has been directed towards the back, knee and hip disorders. Foot pain is known to be common in older adults and accounts for a significant burden on health services. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of foot and ankle joint pain, considering age, presence of co-morbidities and other site joint pain, in a large community sample.
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Podiatry Management
Nutrition plays a vital
role in living a healthy
lifestyle; however, it is
often overlooked in the
management of chronic
wounds and diabetic wounds in particular. Unaddressed malnutrition is
a significant risk factor for delayed
wound closure and post-operative
complications. How many of us really take the time to include nutrition
in our patient assessment and pre-operative protocols?
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Podiatry Today
Minimally invasive percutaneous bunionectomy without fixation produces reliable and durable correction, functional improvement and decreased pain, according to a recent study in Foot and Ankle International. Following 195 patients for nearly three years after they had the procedure, the study authors showed significant improvement in radiographic angles, pain scores, patient satisfaction and functional assessments.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
By observing the infection and soft tissue defect on the wound surface of the foot and ankle, this paper attempts to explore the effect of preoperative irrigation and vacuum sealing drainage with antibiotic-containing drainage fluid on the bacterial quantity and the local inflammatory response at the flap, and further to provide a basis for applying this technique before a reconstructive skin flap surgery of foot and ankle wounds.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Patients are not accessing their medical records online, according to recent research published in Health Affairs. Hospitals that are part of a more extensive system saw their patients engage more with online records. That was also the case for teaching and public hospitals, the research says. But the lowest access rates were for people at hospitals receiving the most in disproportionate share hospital payments and those with a high mix of dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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Microsurgery
Nerve repair and nerve transfer are the optimal approaches to restore function to denervated muscle. When the distal-most portion of the nerve entering the muscle is compromised, these are not possible and direct muscle neurotization is considered. Researchers describe the first reported case of DMN with acellular nerve allograft. The patient is a 25 year old male who sustained a blast injury to the patient's proximal leg with segmental injury to the deep peroneal nerve resulting in complete foot drop with 0/5 dorsiflexion and toe extension.
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ACFAOM
Three years in the making, the much anticipated 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.
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