High Risk Foot in Diabetes Mellitus

An overview of diabetes mellitus; epidemiology and prevention of diabetic foot disease; pathophysiology of the diabetic foot; diabetic vascular disease; diabetic neuropathy; evaluation of the diabetic foot and leg; dermatology; imaging of the diabetic foot; environmental stress and tissue breakdown; biomechanics of the diabetic foot; pressure assessment methods in the foot; diabetic foot ulcerations; diabetic foot infections; osteomyelitis of the diabetic foot; antibiotic loaded bone cement in the management of diabetic foot infections; noninvasive evaluation of the lower extremity arterial system; lower extremity arteriography in the diabetic patient; vascular surgery of the lower extremity; diabetic neuropathic osteoarthropy - the charcot foot; lower extremity amputations; limb salvage techniques; plastic surgical approaches to the diabetic foot; wound management - topical therapies and special dressings; oxygen therapy; total contact cast; prostheses and orthoses; footwear considerations; rehabilitation of the diabetic patient; prophylactic foot surgery; patient and physician education in managing diabetic foot disease.