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Diabetic Foot Syndrome

From Entity to Therapy

  • The chapters offer a practical step-by-step guide to diagnosis and management

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 1-16
  3. The Foot as a Marvel

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 17-75
  4. Diagnostic Pathways

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 77-106
  5. Therapeutic Pathways: Conditions

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 107-115
  6. Entities: A System of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 117-124
  7. Tips of the Toes (1–2)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 125-136
  8. Torsion of the Hallux (3)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 137-147
  9. Hallux Valgus (First MTH Medially, 4)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 149-153
  10. Hallux: Plantar IP Joint (5)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 155-162
  11. Nail Bed Lesions (6)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 163-171
  12. Dorsum of the IP Joints (7–8)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 173-177
  13. Interdigital Lesions (9)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 179-182
  14. The Lateral Side of the Foot (10–12)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 183-188
  15. Plantar MTHs (13–14)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 189-207
  16. The Malleoli (15–16)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 209-214
  17. The Heel (17–18)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 215-222
  18. Atypical Areas (19–22)

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 223-227
  19. Transition to the Lower Leg

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 229-235
  20. External Offloading and Immobilisation

    • Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game
    Pages 237-268

About this book

This book provides a clear and integrated guide to the diagnostic pathways and therapeutic options available for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome. The link between the location of the lesion and its potential causes are discussed in relation to its diagnosis, biomechanics, treatment and prognosis. Chapters covering interdigital lesions, the lateral side of the foot, torsion of the hallux, and the charcot foot are included.

Diabetic Foot Syndrome: From Entity to Therapy aims to facilitate interdisciplinary understanding and is relevant to endocrinologists, as well as vascular and orthopedic surgeons.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Amb. Zentrum für Diabetologie, Endoskopie & Wundheilung Gemeinschaftspraxis, Köln, Germany

    Dirk Hochlenert

  • Department of Wound Surgery, St. Vinzenz Hospital and MVZ St. Marien, Köln, Germany

    Gerald Engels

  • Department of Diabetes and Angiology, Marienkrankenhaus GmbH, Soest, Germany

    Stephan Morbach

  • Institute of Anatomy, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Stefanie Schliwa

  • Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK

    Frances L. Game

About the authors

Dr. Dirk Hochlenert is specialist in Internal Medicine and Diabetology in an outpatient clinic in Cologne. He organises and conducts postgraduate medical training courses for the treatment of DFS. He manages networks for the treatment of DFS in several regions and organises the DFS-Register.

Dr. med. Gerald Engels is Consultant Surgeon in charge of the treatment of DFS in both an outpatient clinic as well as at the St. Vinzenz-Hospital in Cologne. He is a board member of several associations and together with D. Hochlenert organises postgraduate medical training courses for the treatment of DFS as well as teaching the subject in medical schools.

Dr. med. Stephan Morbach is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Angiology, Senior Consultant in the department of Diabetology and Angiology at the Marienkrankenhaus in Soest. He is correspondent author of several guidelines for the Diabetic Foot, was Chairman of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2004–2008. Since 2014 he has been Vice Chairman of the ‘Consultative Section on the Diabetic Foot’ of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). In the course of the Step-by-Step-Programme he has delivered medical education in several developing countries.

Dr. med. Stefanie Schliwa is certified preparator and anatomist at the University of Bonn and specialist in several preparation and dissection techniques. Her work focuses on the visualisation of functional relationships in topographical anatomy, especially that of the foot.

Professor Frances L. Game is Consultant Diabetologist at the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology and Clinical Director R&D at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She also is Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diabetic Foot Syndrome

  • Book Subtitle: From Entity to Therapy

  • Authors: Dirk Hochlenert, Gerald Engels, Stephan Morbach, Stefanie Schliwa, Frances L. Game

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92055-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92054-2Published: 18 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06354-2Published: 22 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92055-9Published: 04 September 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 386

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 292 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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