The Foot in Diabetes

The History of the Diabetic Foot; The Size of the Problem: Epidemiological and Economic Aspects of Foot Problems in Diabetes; Biomechanical Aspects of Foot Problems in Diabetes; The Pathway to Ulceration; Is Microvascular Disease Important in the Diabetic Foot; Prevention of Diabetic Foot Problems: Foot Care Education and the Diabetes Specialist Nurse; The Role of the Chiropodist; Podiatry and the Diabetic Foot: An American Perspective; Footwear: Uses and Abuses; Classification and Management of Neuropathic and Neuroischaemic Ulcers; Vascular Disease; The Role of Radiology in the Assessment and Treatment of the Diabetic Foot; Radiographic Abnormalities in Diabetic Feet; Vascular Surgery; The Role of the Orthopaedic Surgeon; Infection; The Use of Antibiotics in Lesions of the Diabetic Foot; Amputation; Rehabilitation.