Diabetic Foot explores all aspects of tibio-peroneal disease, including pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management of the lower extremity after adequate circulation is restored.

Contents

1. Overview of the Diabetic Foot and Limb Salvage
2. Diabetic Neuropathy
3. Biomechanical Impact on the Etiology and Treatment of Neuropathic Ulcerations
4. Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
5. Management Issues of Diabetes Mellitus and Their Effects on the Progression of Disease
6. Nonoperative Management of Diabetic Foot Infections
7. Operative Management of Diabetic Foot Wounds and Infections: Maximizing Length and Optimizing Biomechanics
8. Angiosomes of the Foot and Angiosome-Dependent Healing
9. Angiogenesis in Wound Healing
10. The Diabetic Charcot Foot
11. Anatomic Distribution of Atherosclerotic Lesions as Influenced by Diabetes and Other Risk Factors
12. Nonatherosclerotic Disease of the Tibial Vessels
13. Abnormalities of Microcirculation in Diabetes
14. Infrapopliteal Arterial Imaging
15. Embryology of the Arterial System to the Lower Extremities
16. Surgical Approaches, Dissection, and Control
17. Choice of Inflow Vessel for Distal Arterial Bypass
18. Choice of Outflow Infragenicular Artery
19. Autogenous Venous Options and Preparation of Veins Using Angioscopy
20. Tibial Bypasses with Autogenous Tissue
21. Distal Bypass to Inframalleolar Vessels
22. Prosthetic Infrapopliteal Bypasses
23. Distal Arteriovenous Fistuals in Prosthetic Distal Bypasses
24. Vein Cuffs, Patches, and Boots in Prosthetic Distal Bypasses
25. Adjuvant Medical Therapy to Improve Patency of Infrainguinal Bypasses
26. Infrainguinal Bypass in Patients with Renal Failure
27. Infrapopliteal Bypass Following Proximal Angioplasty
28. Surveillance of Distal Bypasses
29. Infrainguinal Catheter-based Endovascular Interventions
30. Surgical Repair of Vein Graft Stenoses
31. Secondary Surgical Procedures for Failed Bypasses
32. Thrombolytic Therapy for Failed Bypass Grafts
33. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts
34. Lower Extremity Major Amputations

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