Lecture Assignment for Week 40
Monday, April 4, 2011
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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.
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2nd Year Lecture |
Flexor Hallucis Longus - Augmented Achilles Tendon Repair |
Lawrence DiDomenico, DPM,FACFASOhio 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.
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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.
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