Lecture Assignment for Week 40 Monday, April 4, 2011
1st Year Lecture
Principles and Practice of Maggot Debridement Therapy


Ronald Sherman, MD
Chairman of the Board of Directors of BioTherapeutics, Education and Research (BTER) Foundation

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This lecture by Dr. Ronald Sherman, MD is intended to review those studies, along with maggot biology, in order to help therapists understand why, when and how maggot therapy can be of benefit. Also discussed are the mechanisms of action, clinical indications, relative contraindications, and how to apply maggot dressings.

This presentation was made possible
by an Educational Grant from

Monarch Labs
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2nd Year Lecture
Flexor Hallucis Longus - Augmented Achilles Tendon Repair


Lawrence DiDomenico, DPM,FACFAS
Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Youngstown, OH

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When a patient presents to your office with an Achilles tendon rupture, there are many ways that a physician can address this necessary operation. Dr. DiDomenico demonstrates the operative technique of augmenting the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon to the Achilles tendon, and with his many case studies he shows the success of this procedure. Dr. DiDomenico discusses Achilles anatomy, diagnosis of an Achilles rupture, and gives a detailed account of this operative procedure in this lecture.

This presentation was made possible
by an Educational Grant from

Integra
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3rd Year Lecture
Adult Acquired Flatfoot


Douglas H. Richie, DPM,FACFAS
Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Biomechanics
at the California School of Podiatric Medicine
President, American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine

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Dr. Richie provides an in-depth review of the pathomechanics of the Adult Acquired Flatfoot, also know as Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Subsectons of this lecture include demographics, functional anatomy, role of ligamentous rupture and review of biomechanics of the ankle-hindfoot complex. This lecture is designed to serve as a primer for understanding why certain surgical procedures will succeed or fail in correcting the Adult Acquired Flatfoot deformity.

This presentation was made possible
by an Educational Grant from

Wright Medical
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