Management of Diabetic Foot Complications - Softcover

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Professor Cliff Shearman is Professor of Vascular Surgery at University of Southampton and Associate Medical Director for R&D in Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. He is also Head of Wessex School of Surgery and President of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He has a research and clinical interest in diabetic vascular disease and its complications and heads a multidisciplinary diabetic foot care team. Professor William Jeffcoate is Consultant Endocrinologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust. He first established a specialist foot service in Nottingham in 1982 and co-founded the Foot Ulcer Trials Unit in 2002. His main research interest lies in collating evidence to underpin protocols for the clinical care of foot disease. He was Contributing Editor to The Lancet from 1997 to 2007 and is currently an Associate Editor for Diabetologia.

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This book explores the challenges of treating foot complications associated with diabetes, a major challenge for societies the world over.

Authors include experienced podiatrists, nurses and doctors, all of whom work in the field of diabetes foot care. The book is divided into prevention and early management, management of major complications, prevention of recurrence and how to structure a team. In each area, the authors describe their practical experiences and discuss how they have addressed clinical challenges.

Management of Diabetic Foot Complications provides useful information for anyone responsible for the care of people with diabetes who may be at risk of developing foot complications.