Trends in diabetic foot care. (Tips from Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  October 1, 1992 ;     313 words ......arterial reconstruction, especially of the dorsalis pedis artery, to improve blood flow and reduce...reviewed their operative experience with dorsalis pedis artery bypass surgery to determine...increased use of bypass grafts to the dorsalis pedis artery. Patients with minor ...

dorsalis pedis pulse

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      74 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 dorsalis pedis pulse, the pulse of the dorsalis pedis artery, felt between the first and second metatarsal bones on the top of the foot. It can be felt in approximately 90% of people. The ideas, procedures...

A Decade of Experience with Dorsalis Pedis Artery Bypass: Analysis of...

The Diabetic Foot;  June 22, 2003 ;     237 words ......Logerfo FW (2003) Journal of Vascular Surgery 37: 307-15 Dorsalis pedis (DP) artery bypass is used successfully for the treatment...patients with diabetes. Methods A total of 1032 bypasses to the dorsalis pedis artery were performed in 865 patients between 1990 and 2000...

Post-traumatic posterior heel soft tissue defect reconstruction

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......calcaneal artery flaps, regional flaps: distally based sural artery flap, distally based fasciocutaneous posterior calf flap and...Lateral calcaneal artery flap (n=12), distally based superficial sural artery flap (n= 6), Free...

dorsalis pedis artery

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      77 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 dorsalis pedis artery, the continuation of the anterior tibial artery of the lower leg. It starts at the ankle joint, divides into five branches...

An anatomical study of a new portal for ankle arthroscopy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......nerve and 10.3 mm further from the dorsalis pedis artery. This portal allows good access...and has a lower risk of injury to the dorsalis pedis artery, deep peroneal nerve or the...to the neurovascular bundle of the dorsalis pedis.6,14,15 The positions of these anterior...

Anodyne therapy for recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers: a report of four...

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......toe. She had no neuropathy, and both dorsalis pedis and posterior tibialis pulses were...toe was detected 2 weeks later. Both dorsalis pedis and posterior tibialis pulses were...gangrene of the left fifth toe. Both dorsalis pedis and posterior tibialis pulses were...

Thigh Abscess Due to Nocardia Farcinica

Journal of the National Medical Association;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of her right mid-thigh. Her right femoral, popliteal and dorsalis pedis arteries were not palpable. Significant laboratory findings...examination demonstrated stenosis of superficial femoral and dorsalis pedis arteries and confirmed the presence of a mass in her right...

Mechanical properties of heel pads reconstructed with flaps

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......dorsi flaps and one each an anterior thigh flap, a local dorsalis pedis flap and a sural arterial flap. The thickness of the heel...in four, an anterior thigh flap in one and local flaps (a dorsalis pedis flap and a sural arterial flap) in two. Two of the latissimus...

Perforator flaps

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  July 1, 2005 ;     123 words ......June 2005 issue. The photographs do not show the flap to be exclusively based on perforators, rather they can be called distally based fasciocutaneous flaps. Though I am aware that latter is a term based on composition and not vascular supply, all flaps in...

Compartment syndrome following ankle sprain

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......mild swelling of the anterolateral aspect of the ankle. The dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses were both present. Radiographs...distribution of the superficial peroneal nerve, and palpable dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses. His pain was not controlled...

A new incision for surgery on tendo Achillis using a distally-based...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......which approaches the tendon by using a distally-based fasciocutaneous flap. This reduces...Achillis which uses the principle of a distally-based fasciocutaneous flap in order to avoid...and Methods Operative technique. A distally-based fasciocutaneous flap is raised with...

The distally-based island ulnar artery perforator flap for wrist defects

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......surgery. We describe the use of the distally-based island Ulnar artery perforator flap...defects and present our results. The distally-based forearm island flap is vascularized...volar aspect of the wrist underwent distally-based island Ulnar artery perforator flap...

Physiological Evaluation of the U.S. Army One-Handed Tourniquet

Military Medicine;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......sound was eliminated at the radial artery for all subjects with OHT application but was not stopped at the popliteal or dorsalis pedis artery for any subjects. The OHT reduced forearm blood flow by 79% but decreased leg blood flow by only ~50%, regardless...

Endovascular Repair of a Large Post-Traumatic Calf Pseudoaneurysm and...

Military Medicine;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......left calf. The skin overlying the mass was intact without inflammation, ulceration, or ischemic compromise. His ipsilateral dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses were palpable at the ankle. There were no secondary signs of arterial or venous disease in his...