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Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM, AACFAS, MBBCh

When Should One Screen For Osteomyelitis In Non-Healing Ulcers?
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When Should One Screen For Osteomyelitis In Non-Healing Ulcers?
12/28/2020
Patients who have diabetes complicated by any degree of peripheral neuropathy are inherently at an increased risk for developing ulcers and infections. When patients with diabetes present with an ulceration, the degree of severity plays an...
Patients who have diabetes complicated by any degree of peripheral neuropathy are inherently at an increased risk for developing ulcers and infections. When patients with diabetes present with an ulceration, the degree of severity plays an...
Patients who have diabetes...
12/28/2020
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Salvaging A Limb With Serial Debridement, STSGs And NPWT
06/30/2015
These authors discuss how serial debridement, split thickness skin grafts and negative pressure wound therapy salvaged the limb of a 71-year-old patient with diabetes who presented with gas gangrene. Gas gangrene of the lower extremity is...
These authors discuss how serial debridement, split thickness skin grafts and negative pressure wound therapy salvaged the limb of a 71-year-old patient with diabetes who presented with gas gangrene. Gas gangrene of the lower extremity is...
These authors discuss how serial...
06/30/2015
Podiatry Today
Emphasizing Appropriate Screening For Depression And Suicidality In Patients With Diabetes
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Emphasizing Appropriate Screening For Depression And Suicidality In Patients With Diabetes
08/27/2020
The evaluation of patients with diabetes includes conventional aspects of history and concomitant conditions along with a thorough review of laboratory tests. However, there are important aspects of diabetes mellitus that are often not...
The evaluation of patients with diabetes includes conventional aspects of history and concomitant conditions along with a thorough review of laboratory tests. However, there are important aspects of diabetes mellitus that are often not...
The evaluation of patients with...
08/27/2020
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Performing Definitive Surgical Correction To Balance The Foot And Heal A Chronic Wound
11/26/2014
Given the comprehensive approach chronic wounds require, these authors present the treatment of a patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy who developed osteomyelitis and extensive soft tissue loss.
Given the comprehensive approach chronic wounds require, these authors present the treatment of a patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy who developed osteomyelitis and extensive soft tissue loss.
Given the comprehensive approach...
11/26/2014
Podiatry Today
Keys To Optimizing Split-Thickness Skin Grafts
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Keys To Optimizing Split-Thickness Skin Grafts
05/27/2020
Split-thickness skin grafting is an underutilized modality that is easy to perform, has minimal cost and offers exceptional efficacy. A well-performed STSG is low risk and has a healing time of three to four weeks in both low and high-risk...
Split-thickness skin grafting is an underutilized modality that is easy to perform, has minimal cost and offers exceptional efficacy. A well-performed STSG is low risk and has a healing time of three to four weeks in both low and high-risk...
Split-thickness skin grafting is...
05/27/2020
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When Diabetes and Obesity Collide: The Ozempic Shortage
04/01/2023
While it might sound simple to ask patients with obesity to address this pathology with diet and exercise, the prevailing data that I am familiar with is almost irrefutable—the answer is medicine or bariatric surgery to appreciate sustained...
While it might sound simple to ask patients with obesity to address this pathology with diet and exercise, the prevailing data that I am familiar with is almost irrefutable—the answer is medicine or bariatric surgery to appreciate sustained...
While it might sound simple to...
04/01/2023
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Insights And Lessons Learned From Amputee Support Groups
12/26/2019
Recently, I was a part of several amputee support groups and began to better understand the nuances of post-amputation care. I explored what it means to be an amputee through the eyes of patients, families and caregivers.
Recently, I was a part of several amputee support groups and began to better understand the nuances of post-amputation care. I explored what it means to be an amputee through the eyes of patients, families and caregivers.
Recently, I was a part of...
12/26/2019
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A Closer Look At Preserving Foot Function With A Transmetatarsal Amputation
11/20/2015
For patients with diabetes and neuropathy, partial first ray amputations can lead to less than optimal results. With this in mind, these authors discuss emerging insights from the literature and offer a compelling case study that illustrates...
For patients with diabetes and neuropathy, partial first ray amputations can lead to less than optimal results. With this in mind, these authors discuss emerging insights from the literature and offer a compelling case study that illustrates...
For patients with diabetes and...
11/20/2015
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Using Core Tenets of Wound Care to Guide Difficult Decisions
12/01/2022
There is no mystery when it comes to the essential foundations of wound treatment. The team must eradicate acute infection, manage chronic bacterial colonization and biofilm, ensure or restore perfusion, and mitigate all forces externally...
There is no mystery when it comes to the essential foundations of wound treatment. The team must eradicate acute infection, manage chronic bacterial colonization and biofilm, ensure or restore perfusion, and mitigate all forces externally...
There is no mystery when it...
12/01/2022
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Digital Flexor Tenotomy: An Emerging Answer For Surgical Offloading
08/17/2016
Given the potential for forefoot complications in patients with diabetic neuropathy, can the digital flexor tenotomy be an effective method of offloading?
Given the potential for forefoot complications in patients with diabetic neuropathy, can the digital flexor tenotomy be an effective method of offloading?
Given the potential for forefoot...
08/17/2016
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