Lecture Assignment for Week 22
Monday, November 23, 2009
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1st Year Lecture |
Regenerative Tissue Matrix in Treatment of Lower Extremity Wounds |
Steve Brigido, DPM,FACFAS
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This lecture by Steve Brigido, DPM, FACFAS provides an outline for the use of regenerative tissue scaffolds in the treatment of lower extremity full thickness wounds.
This presentation was made possible by an Educational Grant from CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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2nd Year Lecture |
Prophylactic Surgery in the Diabetic Foot |
John Steinberg, DPMEditor, PRESENT
Assistant Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
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In this lecture, Dr. Steinberg addresses the role of surgery in relieving pedal pressures and preventing diabetic foot ulcerations. He discusses the concepts and reasoning behind performing prophylactic surgery in this patient population. Emphasis is placed on the importance of proper patient selection and the corresponding risk vs. benefit dilemmas. Several pictorial case studies are presented depicting various foot deformities treated by prophylactic surgical intervention.
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3rd Year Lecture |
Biochemical Imbalances in the Nonhealing Wound |
Vickie Driver, DPM,MS,FACFAS Director of Clinical Research Foot Care
Endovascular and Vascular Services Director
Research Fellowship and International Scholars
Program
Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University Medical Center
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Every podiatrist will sometime in their career have a patient with an ulcer that just won't heal. The reason that the chronic wound exists is discussed in this lecture by Dr. Driver. The lecture discusses the balance between cytokines and growth factors in wound healing. She also talks of the role that matrix metalloproteases play in chronic ulcers, and the wound care products such as Promogram and Regranex that can jump start a chronic wound into a healing wound.
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