Featuring more than 1,200 illustrations, including over 800 in full color, this book presents a stepwise approach to the surgical management of the most challenging cases in diabetic limb salvage. The book covers acute and chronic diabetic foot and ankle wounds and guides surgical decision-making in different case scenarios, including prophylactic, elective, trauma, and revisional surgery. Emphasis is on the multidisciplinary team approach. Topics covered include surgical reconstruction of the acute and chronic Charcot foot and ankle; local random, muscle and pedicle flaps for soft tissue coverage of the diabetic foot; equinus deformity and the diabetic foot; surgical management of malunions and nonunions; and autogeneous bone grafting and orthobiologics.

The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Diabetic Limb Salvage in Major Academic Healthcare Institutions, James Thomas and Richard J. de Asla / Preoperative and Perioperative Management of the High Risk Patient with Diabetes Mellitus, Adam S. Landsman / Utility of Nuclear Medicine Imaging in the Diabetic Foot, Molly S. Judge / Elective Surgery for the Neuropathic Diabetic Foot, John M. Giurini, Jeremy J. Cook and Emily A. Cook / Diabetic Lower Extremity Edema and Venous Insufficiency: Differential Diagnosis and Management, Charles A. Andersen and Niten Singh / Vascular Assessment and Reconstruction of the Ischemic Diabetic Extremity, Charles A. Andersen and Niten Singh / Surgical Treatment of Chronic Nerve Compression in the Patient with Diabetic Neuropathy, A. Lee Dellon / Surgical Management and Stepwise Approach to Diabetic Foot Infections, Philip Basile and Barry I. Rosenblum / Bioengineered Alternative Tissues for the Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Ulceration, John S. Steinberg, Bruce Werber and Paul J. Kim / Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Complicated Diabetic Foot Wounds, Luke C. Jeffries, Roberto H. Rodriguez, Ronald Belczyk and Thomas Zgonis / Skin Grafting Techniques for Open Diabetic Foot Wounds, Thomas S. Roukis / Local Random Flaps for Soft Tissue Coverage of the Diabetic Foot, Peter A. Blume and Jonathan J. Key / Muscle Flaps for Soft Tissue Coverage of the Diabetic Foot, John J. Stapleton, Thomas Zgonis, Gary Peter Jolly, and Thanos Badekas / Local and Distant Pedicle Flaps for Soft Tissue Reconstruction of the Diabetic Foot: A Stepwise Approach with the Use of External Fixation, Thomas Zgonis, John J. Stapleton, Ioannis Papakostas and Vasilios D. Nicolaides / Free Flaps for Soft Tissue Coverage of the Diabetic Foot, Deowall Chattar-Cora, Stanley A. Okoro and Douglas T. Cromack / Equinus Deformity and the Diabetic Foot, Paul J. Kim and Thomas J. Chang / Surgical Reconstruction of the Failed Tendoachilles Lengthening, Neal M. Blitz / Surgical Reconstruction and Stepwise Approach to Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy, Bradley M. Lamm / Surgical Reconstruction and Stepwise Approach to Chronic Charcot Neuroarthropathy, William P. Grant and Glenn M. Weinraub / Intramedullary Nail Fixation for Reconstruction of the Hindfoot and Ankle in Charcot Neuroarthropathy, Alan R. Catanzariti and Robert W. Mendicino / Surgical Management of Malunions and Nonunions of the Neuropathic Patient, Patrick R. Burns and Rick L. Scanlan / Autogenous Bone Grafting and Orthobiologics for the Diabetic Lower Extremity Reconstruction, John J. Anderson / Bone Stimulation in Complex Diabetic Reconstructive Surgery, John J. Anderson and Thomas Zgonis / Revisional and Reconstructive Surgery for the Diabetic Foot and Ankle, Thomas Zgonis, John J. Stapleton, Vasilios D. Polyzois and Enzo J. Sella / Diabetic Neuropathic Forefoot, Midfoot and Hindfoot Osseous Trauma and Dislocations, Luis E. Marin, Lawrence A. DiDomenico, Vincent J. Mandracchia and Thomas Zgonis / Diabetic Neuropathic Pilon and Ankle Osseous Trauma and Dislocations, Luis E. Marin, Lawrence A. DiDomenico, Emmanouil D. Stamatis and Thomas Zgonis / Surgical Management of Post-Operative Infections and Complications, Laurence G. Rubin and Charles M. Zelen / Total Ankle Arthroplasty Complications and Personal Experience in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Jerome Keith Steck / A Stepwise Approach to Diabetic Foot and Ankle Amputations, Bora Rhim, Babak Baravarian and Thomas Zgonis / Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Footwear for the Reconstructed and Amputee Patient, Armin Koller