35-1 Podiatric Pain Management: Update 2024

EDITORIAL » 35-1 In this issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: A Brief Guide to Postoperative Prescribing Practice after Foot and Ankle Surgery Brandon M. Brooks, DPM, MPH CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Opioid-Prescribing Approaches: One-Size-Fits-All vs. Patient-Centric and Procedure-Focused among Podiatric Physicians. A Cross-Sectional Study Commentary by Malachi Brown, MS3 and Brandon M. Brooks, DPM, MPH American Podiatric Surgeons’ … Read more

34-4 Clinical Therapies for the Lower Extremity Specialist: A Review of New Frontiers

EDITORIAL » 34-4 In this issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Biologics Pharmaceuticals: Scientific gradus deinceps Robert G. Smith, DPM, MSC, RPh, FNAP CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Treating Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Commentary by Robert G. Smith, DPM, MSC, RPh, FNAP Microenvironment-Based Diabetic Foot Ulcer Nanomedicine Commentary by Lauren L. Schnack, DPM, MS, AACFAS, FACPM … Read more

34-3 Surgical Pearls from the Weil Foot and Ankle Institute

EDITORIAL » 34-3 In this issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Weil Osteotomy and Plantar Plate Repair: Honoring Dr. Lowell Scott Weil, Sr.’s Greatest Surgical Legacy – His Innovation Lowell Weil, Jr., DPM, FACFAS and Kristina Corley, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Total First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Implant Arthroplasty: A 30-Year Retrospective Commentary by Mark K. Magnus, DPM, FACFAS Percutaneous … Read more

34-2 Foot Drop

EDITORIAL » In this Issue FEATURE ARTICLE: Evaluating and Treating Drop Foot Deformity James P. Wilton, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES MRI of Foot Drop: How We Do It Commentary by Alexander T. Ruutiainen, MD Surgical Treatment of Foot Drop: Patient Evaluation and Peripheral Nerve Treatment Options Commentary by Sarah A. Spizzirri, DPM The Interdisciplinary Management … Read more

34-1 Microneurosurgery

EDITORIAL » In this Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: The Influence Peripheral Nerve Surgery on Chronic Pain Lauren L. Schnack, DPM, MS CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Implantable Neuromodulation Device in the Lower Limb: An Adjunctive Procedure in Patients with Continued Chronic Pain after Failed Revisional Microneurosurgical Procedure in a Nonreconstructable Zone of Injury Commentary by Erin Klein, DPM … Read more

33-4 Trauma of the Foot and Ankle

EDITORIAL » In this Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Tricks of the Trade: Pearls from 18 Years Working at Two Level 1 Trauma Centers Jason A. Piraino, DPM, MS, FACFAS CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Outcomes following Severe Distal Tibial, Ankle and/or Mid/Hindfoot Trauma: Comparison of Limb Salvage and Transtibial Amputation (OUTLET) Commentary by Lindsay Wynn, DPM Population-Based Incidence … Read more

33-3 Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Care Delivery

EDITORIAL » 33-3 In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Is Machine Learning Poised to Replace Current Prognostic Indicators for Predicting Wound Trajectory? Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES An Explainable Machine Learning Model for Predicting In-Hospital Amputation Rate of Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Commentary by Alton R. Johnson, Jr., DPM, Brennen O’Dell, DPM and … Read more

33-2 Podiatry and Medicine in the Age of Social Media

EDITORIAL » In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: The Role of Social Media in Podiatric Training, Practice and Patient Outcomes Miquel A. Rodriguez, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Social Media Utilization Trends in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic Commentary by Blake Wallace, DPM Social Media Use among Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeons Commentary by … Read more

32-4 Amputation Techniques

EDITORIAL » In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Amputation Techniques for Foot Osteomyelitis Nichol L. Salvo, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Transmetatarsal and Minor Amputation vs. Major Leg Amputation: 30-Day Re-admissions, Re-amputations, and Complications Commentary by Sarah Cernica Reichard, DPM What is the Most Durable Construct for a Forefoot Amputation, Traditional Transmetatarsal Amputation or a Medial Ray-Sparing … Read more

32-3 Soft Tissue Tumors

Editorial » In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: Common Benign Soft Tissue Mass Affecting the Foot and Ankle Kittra Owens, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Management of Primary Malignant Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors of Foot and Ankle: Is it Worth Salvaging? Commentary by Jacob Wynes, DPM Schwannoma of Foot and Ankle: Seven Case Reports and Literature … Read more

32-2 Cutaneous Lesions

Editorial   In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: In the Hunt for Ectodermal Dysplasia: A Review Article Marc A. Brenner, DPM and Albert Raminfard, DO CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Pernio-Like Skin Lesions Associated with COVID-19: A Case Series of 318 Patients from Eight Countries Commentary by Michael S. Nirenberg, DPM Sole-Searing Pain: Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma Commentary by … Read more

32-1 Pediatrics

Editorial In This Issue FEATURE ARTICLE: Calcaneonavicular Tarsal Coalitions: Age-Related Difficulties in Imaging and Newer Concepts in Management Edwin J. Harris, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES An Anatomic and Radiographic Study of the Distal Tibial Epiphysis Commentary by Daniel P. Evans, DPM Low Energy Lateral Ankle Injuries in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: A Systematic Review of … Read more

31-3 Dermatology of the Foot: Hyperhidrosis and Psoriasis

Editorial In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: A Review of Diagnosis and Management of Plantar Hyperhidrosis and Plantar Psoriasis Tracey C. Vlahovic, DPM CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Iontophoresis for Palmar and Plantar Hyperhidrosis Commentary by Elena K. Wellens, DPM A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Evaluate the Efficacy of Lumbar Sympathectomy for Plantar Hyperhidrosis Commentary by Keith … Read more

31-2 Clinical Pharmacology for the Lower Extremity Professional: An Update

Editorial In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: A Prescription for Veneni dextera dextrae Tempus: A Clinical Pharmacology Update Robert G. Smith, DPM, MSc, RPh CONDENSATIONS and COMMENTARIES Pharmacogenomics Commentary by Robert G. Smith, DPM, MSc, RPh Principles and Practice of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Management of Diabetic Foot Infections Commentary by Warren Joseph, DPM Venous Thromboembolism … Read more

31-1 Wound Care Dressings: Antimicrobials Past, Present and Future

Editorial In This Issue FEATURE ARTICLE: Antimicrobial Wound Dressings: Indications, Contraindications and Safety Profile Leland Jaffe, DPM CONDENSATIONS/COMMENTARIES Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Tool to Fight Bacterial Biofilm Commentary by Qeena C. Woodard, DPM Super-Oxidized Solution (Dermacyn® Wound Care) as Adjuvant Treatment in the Postoperative Management of Complicated Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: Preliminary Experience in a Specialized … Read more

30-3 Geriatric Medicine in Podiatry

Editorial » In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLE: The Podiatrist as Primary Care Physician Robert A. Eckles, DPM, MPH CONDENSATIONS/COMMENTARIES Demographic Turning Points for the United States: Population Projections for 2020 to 2060 Commentary by Robert A. Eckles, DPM, MPH The Population Prevalence of Foot and Ankle Pain in Middle and Old Age: A Systematic Review … Read more

30-2 Regenerative Medicine

Editorial In This Issue FEATURE ARTICLE: Podiatric Applications of Regenerative Medicine: Where We Came From, Where We Are and Where We Are Going Marlene Reid, DPM CONDENSATIONS/COMMENTARIES Direct Radiofrequency Application Improves Pain and Gait in Collagenase-Induced Acute Achilles Tendon Injury Commentary by Alex Kor, DPM, MS A Biomechanical Assessment of Tendon Repair after Radiofrequency Treatment … Read more

30-1 Arthrodesis Procedures of the Foot

Editorial In This Issue FEATURE ARTICLE: Modern Arthrodesis Techniques for Pedal Joints from Talus to Toe Bradley P. Abicht, DPM CONDENSATIONS/COMMENTARIES Proximal Interphalangeal Arthrodesis of Lesser Toes Utilizing K-Wires versus Expanding Implants: Comparative Biomechanical Cadaveric Study Commentary by Fatemeh S. Jannati, DPM Percutaneous Kirschner Wire versus Commercial Implant for Hammertoe Repair: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Commentary … Read more