Functional Limb Salvage: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach

Functional Limb Salvage: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach edited by Christopher E. Attinger and John S. Steinberg discusses all aspects of functional limb salvage, utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach. The book covers diagnosis and assessment, conservative and surgical management options, and prevention of complications. A ready reference for plastic, orthopedic, podiatric, and vascular surgeons and their support staff.

Taking a truly interdisciplinary approach to the topic, Functional Limb Salvage is a ready reference for all clinicians and surgeons treating this patient population, including plastic, vascular, orthopedic and podiatric surgeons and their support staff.

The content of this text is focused on defining and expanding upon the importance and, more specifically, the intricacies of the multidisciplinary team approach. Although this is often touched upon or cited as an integral aspect of care, there are only sparse descriptions of the interplay of multiple team members in concert with the care of this challenging patient population.

This comprehensive text opens with definitions, demographics, epidemiology, pathophysiology and etiology of the limb salvage patient population, whether due to infection, ischemia or deformity. The multidisciplinary team itself is then outlined, from the who, when and where of the intervention to the role of the individual clinicians themselves; from vascular and plastic surgeons to podiatric and orthopedic surgeons, multiple medical specialties, and with thorough attention to the integral support staff of NPs, PAs and many others. History and assessment are then discussed as a prelude to both conservative and surgical treatments, including wound healing optimization, orthotics and prosthetics, skin grafting, amputation, bioengineered tissue and more. A final chapter on innovation and landmark publications rounds out the presentation.

Table of Contents for Functional Limb Salvage: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach:
Building It from Scratch: The Team Approach to Functional Diabetic Limb Salvage
Staffing and Day-to-Day Management: The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Wound Care Center
Case Management of the Complex Limb Salvage Admission
Integrating Inpatient Care to Your Outpatient Wound Care Center: Key to Successful Patient Management
Diabetic Foot Ulcers by the Numbers: Epidemiology of Limb Salvage
Unlocking the Mystery of Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetes
The Science and Utility of Offloading the Diabetic Foot
Medical Management of the Limb Salvage Inpatient
Evaluation and Examination of the Diabetic Foot
Frailty and Mobility Degeneration in Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Ulceration
Anesthesia for the DLS Patient: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Safety
Debridement of the Diabetic Foot and Leg
An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Osteomyelitis
Practical Lessons Learned in Managing Diabetic Foot Infections
Managing Soft Tissue Infection in the Diabetic Foot: Cultures, Drugs, and Source Control
Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Infection and Osteomyelitis
Charcot Foot Syndrome: Aetiology and Diagnosis
Charcot Foot: Conservative Management
Charcot Foot: Surgical Management and Reconstruction