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Section: CME Category: Surgery

Conservative Surgeries for the Diabetic Foot - What Works and What Doesn't Work?

Javier Aragon-Sanchez, MD, PhD

Javier Aragon-Sanchez, MD, PhD discusses clinical presentations for diabetic neuropathic foot ulcerations, reviews the conservative and surgical approaches for treatment, focusing on cases where the etiology is biomechanical.

CME (Credits: 0.5)

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Goals and Objectives
  1. Describe why conservative surgery is not always possible in the treatment of osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot.
  2. Give examples of conservative surgical approaches producing adverse biomechanical functioning of the foot that may lead to new ulcerations.
  3. Understand why the location of the index ulcer and Charcot deformities are risk factors for re-ulcerations after conservative surgery.
  4. Explain how customized insoles and appropriate shoes should be provided to minimize the risk of transfer ulcers.
  • Accreditation and Designation of Credits
  • CME (Credits: 0.5)

    PRESENT e-Learning Systems is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. PRESENT e-Learning Systems has approved this activity for a maximum of 0.5 continuing education contact hours

    Release Date: 05/02/2018 Expiration Date: 06/23/2025

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  • It is the policy of PRESENT e-Learning Systems and it's accreditors to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational programs. All faculty participating in any PRESENT e-Learning Systems sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts.

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    Javier Aragon-Sanchez has nothing to disclose.