Surgery for Diabetic Foot

A Practical Operative Manual

This is the first textbook on surgery for Diabetic Foot in the world. It is written as a practical surgery manual for residents and young surgeons performing surgical procedures for patients with diabetic foot problems. Such a guide will be useful not only to residents and surgeons in Singapore but also to our neighbouring countries including, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka etc.

Each surgical procedure is written in a systematic fashion covering indications, pre-operative preparation, anaesthesia, patient positioning, operative technique (in step by step fashion and illustrations) and post-operative care.

The scope covers all aspects of surgery for diabetic foot from surgical debridement, split skin grafting, surgery for osteomyelitis, minor amputations including ray, transmetatarsal, Lisfranc, Chopart and Modified Pirogoff amputation to major amputations such as below knee, through knee and above knee amputation. It also includes assessment for revascularisation and revascularisation procedures.

This book will serve as a useful practical guide for training surgical residents and for surgeons aspiring to do diabetic foot surgery.

Contents:

• Diabetic Foot Wounds — Types of Wounds and Classification Systems (Aziz Nather and Tan Ting Fang)

• Value of Team Approach (Aziz Nather and Ma Qian Hui)

• Clinical Examination of Diabetic Foot (Aziz Nather, Amalina Anwar and Amy Pannapat Chanyarungrojn)

• Investigations (Aziz Nather and Rachel Teo Yi Lin)

• Medical Treatment (Aziz Nather)

• Antibiotics for Diabetic Foot Infections (Amaris Lim Shu Min and Aziz Nather)

• Surgical Debridement (Aziz Nather, Amalina Anwar and Siti Masturah)

• Split Skin Grafting (Aziz Nather and Tan Ting Fang)

• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Management of Diabetic Foot Wounds — Basic Science, Clinical Applications and Future Developments (Muhammed Yaser Hasan, Rachel Teo Yi Lin and Aziz Nather)

• Osteomyelitis of Diabetic Foot (Aziz Nather, Julia Cheong Ling Yu, Rishi Malhortra and Claire Chan Shu-Yi)

• Surgery for Osteomyelitis (Aziz Nather, Julia Cheong Ling Yu and Andrew Hong Choon Chiet)

• Minor Amputations (Aziz Nather and Rachel Teo Yi Lin)

• Ray Amputation (Aziz Nather and Rachel Teo Yi Lin)

• Transmetatarsal Amputation (Aziz Nather and Rachel Teo Yi Lin)

• Midfoot Amputations (Aziz Nather and Ma Qian Hui)

• Modified Pirogoff Amputation (Aziz Nather and Ma Qian Hui)

• Major Amputations (Aziz Nather and Julia Cheong Ling Yu)

• Below-Knee Amputation (Aziz Nather and Tan Ting Fang)

• Through-Knee Amputation (Aziz Nather and Amalina Anwar)

• Above-Knee Amputation (Aziz Nather and Julia Cheong Ling Yu)

• Assessment of Circulatory Status in Patients with Foot Ulcer or Gangrene (Jackie Ho Pei)

• Revascularization for Limb Salvage in Critical Limb Ischemia Patients (Jackie Ho Pei)

• Appendix:

  • NUH Diabetic Foot Team (Aziz Nather)
  • Asia Pacific Association for Diabetic Limb Problems (APADLP) (Aziz Nather)
  • ASEAN Plus Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Diabetic Foot Wounds (Aziz Nather)
  • Asia Pacific URGO Expert Board (Aziz Nather)
  • Sponsors (A Nather)

Readership: Residents and young surgeons performing surgical procedures for patients with diabetic foot problems.