Advances in the Understanding of the Biomechanics of Foot Problems Has Come to the Fore - the Foot in Diabetes, 4th Edition.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38485) has announced the addition of The Foot in Diabetes, 4th Edition to their offering.

Since the publication of the last edition, there have been important developments in the field of diabetic foot care and its scientific basis. New technologies have been introduced, e.g. vacuum therapy, new casting techniques, the use of hormones and growth factors in wound healing; there have been advances in the understanding of the biomechanics of foot problems; there are increased problems with multidrug-resistant organisms and new international guidelines have been introduced for the management of infectious disease; finally, there has been significant progress in the use of cytokines, metalloproteinase inhibitors, stem cells and gene therapy in wound healing. All of these issues are reviewed in the book, with a focus on practical applications and management.

Contents are as follows:-

--Foreword

--Preface

--Contributors

--1 Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Foot Ulcers (Joseph W. LeMaster and Gayle E. Reiber)

--2 The Epidemiology of Amputations and the Influence of Ethnicity (Nish Chaturvedi)

--3 Diabetic Neuropathy (Solomon Tesfaye)

--4 Microcirculation and Diabetic Foot (Singhan T.M. Krishnan and Gerry Rayman)

--5 The Pathway to Ulceration: Aetiopathogenesis (Andrew J.M. Boulton)

--6 What the Practising Clinician Should Know About Foot Biomechanics (Peter R. Cavanagh and Jan S. Ulbrecht)

--7 The Description and Classification of Diabetic Foot Lesions: Systems for Clinical Care, for Research and for Audit (William J. Jeffcoate and Fran L. Game)

--8 Providing a Diabetes Foot Care Service: Lessons from the Veterans Health Affairs in the United States (Jeffrey M. Robbins)

--9 Providing a Diabetic Foot Care Service: The Exeter Integrated Diabetic Foot Project (Mollie Donohoe, Roy Powell and John Tooke)

--10 The Diabetic Foot in Primary Care: A UK Perspective (Roger Gadsby)

--11 Psychological and Behavioural Issues in Diabetic Foot Ulceration (Loretta Vileikyte)

--12 Education in the Management of the Foot in Diabetes (Kate Radford, Susan Chipchase and William Jeffcoate)

--13 Infection of the Foot in Persons with Diabetes: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Clinical Presentation and Approach to Therapy (Benjamin A. Lipsky and Anthony R. Berendt)

--14 Challenges in the Infected Diabetic Foot: Osteomyelitis and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Anthony R. Berendt and Benjamin A. Lipsky)

--15 Dressings: Is There an Evidence Base? (Ann Knowles)

--16 New and Alternative Treatments for the Diabetic Foot: Stem Cells and Gene Transfer (Jeffrey M. Davidson)

--17 An Introduction to Larval Therapy (Stephen Thomas)

--18 New and Alternative Treatments for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Hormones and Growth Factors (Matthew J. Hardman and Gillian S. Ashcroft)

--19 Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Diabetic Foot (Richard W. Whitehouse).

--20 Interventional Radiology in the Diabetic Foot (Amman Bolia)

--21 Peripheral Vascular Disease and Reconstruction (Malcolm Simms)

--22 Charcot Foot: Whats New in Pathogenesis and Medical Management? (Edward B. Jude)

--23 The Operative Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle (Michael L. Salamon and Charles L. Saltzman)

--24 Surgery for Ulceration and Infection in the Diabetic Foot (James W. Brodsky).

--25 Conventional Offloading and Activity Monitoring (Lawrence A. Lavery and Douglas P. Murdoch)

--26 Amputations in the Diabetic Foot (Michael S. Pinzur)

--27 Rehabilitation of the Amputee with Diabetes (Ernest R.E. Van Ross and Toby Carlsson)

--28 Footwear for People with Diabetes (Peter R. Cavanagh and Jan S. Ulbrecht)

--29 New Casting Techniques: Introduction to the Instant Total Contact Cast (David G. Armstrong, Stephanie C. Wu and Ryan C. Crews)

--30 New Technologies in Wound Healing: Pressure-Relieving Dressings (Carine van Schie and Jan Ulbrecht)

--31 Negative Pressure Wound (VAC) Therapy (David G. Armstrong and Andrew J.M. Boulton)

--32 The Diabetic Foot in Brazil (Hermelinda Pedrosa, Andrew Boulton and Maria Stela Oliveira Dias)

--33 Recent International Developments: India (Vijay Viswanathan)

--34 Recent International Developments: Africa (Zulfiqarali G. Abbas and Lennox K. Archibald)

--35 The International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot (Nicholaas C. Schaper and Karel Bakker)

--36 The Organisation of Diabetic Foot Care: Evidence-Based Recommendations (Robert J. Young)

--37 Primary Care: Delivery/Translation of Guidelines into Practice (Eva-Lisa Heinrichs and Michael Clark)

--38 Practical Aspects of Establishing a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic (Michael E. Edmonds and Alethea V.M. Foster)

--39 Practical Issues in Diabetes Foot Care: Podiatry Linking Primary and Secondary Care (Neil Baker)

--40 Algorithms for Assessing Risks for Ulcerations and Amputations (David G. Armstrong, Stephanie C. Wu and Ryan C. Crews)

--Conclusions (Andrew J.M. Boulton, Peter R. Cavanagh and Gerry Rayman)

--Index.

This latest edition reviews important developments in the field of diabetic foot care and its scientific basis. With a focus on practical applications and management it examines new technologies such as vacuum therapy, new casting techniques, the use stems cells and gene therapy in wound healing and reviews new international guidelines introduced for the management of infectious disease.

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