In its updated edition, this book covers important advances in knowledge of the pathogenesis of diabetic foot problems, and reviews optimal treatment for this debilitating condition. Blends new knowledge with time-tested principles of diabetic foot management.

InThe Diabetic Foot: Medical and Surgical Management, 3rd Edition, a distinguished panel of clinicians provides a thorough update of the significant improvements in knowledge surrounding the pathogenesis of diabetic foot problems, as well as the optimal healthcare treatment for this debilitating condition.  The authors, many practicing at the famous Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, again illuminate the successful new multidisciplinary approach now clearly required for the successful treatment of diabetic foot.  Drawing on the experiences of diabetologists, podiatrists, vascular surgeons, infectious disease specialists, orthotists, plastic and orthopedic surgeons, this invaluable third edition, so timely given the continued rise of diabetes and its complications, clearly describes established techniques known to be effective.  This updated edition blends new knowledge with the time-tested principles of diabetic foot management and will be of significant value to all physicians and researchers with an interest in a state-of-the-art understanding of diabetic foot.

Principles of care in the diabetic surgical patient.- Epidemiology and Health Care Cost of Diabetic Foot Problems.- Diabetic Polyneuropathy.- Clinical examination and risk classification of the diabetic foot.- Clinical features and diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease.- Imaging of Infection in the Diabetic Foot.- Physiology and pathophysiology of wound healing in diabetes.- Neuropeptides and Diabetic Wound-healing.- Induced Regeneration Of Skin And Peripheral Nerves In The Adult.- Microvascular changes in the diabetic foot.- Biomechanics of the diabetic foot:  The road to foot ulceration.- Diabetic Foot Ulcers:  Effects of Hyperoxia and Stromal-Derived Factor-1α on Endothelial Progenitor Cells.- Wound Bed Preparation Of The Diabetic Foot Ulcer.- Foot Pressure Abnormalities In The Diabetic Foot.- Proactive Wound Care.- Local Care of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Assessment, Dressings and Topical.- Surgical Treatment Of The Ulcerated Foot.- Microbiology and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infection.- Lower Extremity Arterial Reconstruction in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Principles of Treatment.- Charcot Arthropathy In The Diabetic Foot.- Soft Tissue Reconstructive Options For The Ulcerated Or Gangrenous
Diabetic Foot.- Amputations and rehabilitation.- Organization of the Diabetic Foot Care team.- Quality of Health Care.- Psychosocial and Educational Implications of Diabetic Foot Complications.- The role of foot wear in the prevention of diabetic foot problems.