Foot ulcers : causes, diagnosis and treatment
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Foot ulcers : causes, diagnosis and treatment
（Endocrinology research and clinical developments）
Nova Biomedical, c2010
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A foot ulcer is an open sore on the foot. A foot ulcer can be a shallow red crater that involves only the surface skin or can also be very deep. It may be a crater that extends through the full thickness of the skin, and may involve tendons, bones and other deep structures. People with diabetes and people with poor circulation are more likely to develop foot ulcers. Among people with diabetes, a foot ulcer is the beginning stage of approximately 85% of severe foot infections that ultimately require some part of the toe, foot or lower leg to be amputated. If an infection occurs in an ulcer and is not treated right away, it can also develop into an abscess (a pocket of pus), a spreading infection of the skin and underlying fat (cellulitis), a bone infection (osteomyelitis) or gangrene. This book gathers and presents the latest research in this field.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foot Ulcers: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatments
- Biology of the Diabetic Wound
- Herbal Treatment for Unhealing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Development of Three-dimensional Stress Tensor Measurement Instrumentation for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment at the Foot/Ground Interface
- Diabetic Foot: Risk Factors and it's Associated Cardiovascular Risk Profile
- Foot Ulcers: New Managements with Cellular Therapy and/or Growth Factors
- What's New About Diabetic Foot Infection?
- Fungal Infections of the Diabetic Foot
- Distally Based Sural Island Flaps for Surgical Treatment of Heel Ulcers and Wounds
- Easy Unloading of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer with Total Contact Cast or Pneumatic Walking Brace
- Beneficial Effect of Waon Therapy on Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Autologous Platelet Gel for Healing Stimulation of Chronic Deep Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Index.
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