The treatment of the diabetic foot is unquestionably the most difficult thing to do well in the universe of foot and ankle surgery. Patients with ulcers and Charcot deformities require the expenditure of significant resources and often require intensive intervention well after the resolution of their initial problem. The management of the diabetic patient is best done as a team, and should include an internist, an endocrinologist, a vascular surgeon, an infectious disease specialist and a reconstructive foot and ankle ...
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The treatment of the diabetic foot is unquestionably the most difficult thing to do well in the universe of foot and ankle surgery. Patients with ulcers and Charcot deformities require the expenditure of significant resources and often require intensive intervention well after the resolution of their initial problem. The management of the diabetic patient is best done as a team, and should include an internist, an endocrinologist, a vascular surgeon, an infectious disease specialist and a reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon. It is in this spirit of the team approach that this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery has been written.
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