Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition vii

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Preface to the First Edition xi

Acknowledgements xiii

About the Companion Website xv

1 Introduction 1

2 Diabetic Neuropathy 11

3 Anatomic Risk Factors for Diabetic Foot Ulceration 23

4 Other Foot-Related Risk Factors 49

5 Skin and Systemic Diseases with Manifestations in the Feet 63

6 Neuropathic Ulcers 75

7 Peripheral Vascular Disease 91

8 Ischemic and Neuro-Ischemic Ulcers and Gangrene 107

9 Heel Ulcers 135

10 Charcot Foot 147

11 Infections 169

12 Methods of Prevention 197

13 Methods of Ulcer Healing 205

14 Amputations 229

Appendix 237

Index 239

About the Author

IOANNA ELEFTHERIADOU, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Internal Medicine and Diabetes of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. ALEXANDROS KOKKINOS, MD, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. STAVROS LIATIS, MD, Consultant in Internal Medicine and Diabetology of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. KONSTANTINOS MAKRILAKIS, MD, MPH, PHD, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. NICHOLAS TENTOLOURIS, MD, Professor in Internal Medicine of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. ANASTASIOS TENTOLOURIS, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow of the First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. PANAGIOTIS TSAPOGAS, MD, Consultant in Internal Medicine and Diabetes Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.