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2007 Presentations
The Diabetic Limb Salvage online
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Thursday 27 September
11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Active Topical Management of
the Wound Bed:
Where Common Sense and Common Science Have Taken Us
Christopher E. Attinger, MD • Kara S. Couch, MS, CRNP
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supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medline
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Introduction Video:
In
Their Own Words: Patients and Practitioners on the Diabetic Limb Salvage
Challenge
The Public Health Crisis of Diabetic Limb Loss
Defining the Problem and Gaining Perspective |
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Diabetes, PAD, Ulceration, and Amputation:
New Insights to the Current Problem
Peter Sheehan, MD |
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Must-Have Technologies and Techniques
Victories of the Past Decade That Have Saved Limbs
David G. Armstrong, DPM, MSc, PHD |
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The Reality of Diabetes 2007: Can We Turn
Around the Freight Train?
Stephen C. Clement, MD |
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The Cost of Diabetic
Limb Salvage:
A Close Look at the Heavy Finances of Wounds
Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS |
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The TEAM Approach
to Diabetic Limb Salvage
Moderators: Christopher
E. Attinger, MD • Richard F. Neville, MD •
John S. Steinberg,
DPM
Panel: Mark R. Abbruzzese, MD Angela
Calvert, MSN, CRNP, CVN • Stephen C.Clement, MD • Kara
S. Couch, MS, CRNP • Charles G. Crone, BS, CP David H.
Deaton, MD • Katherine Hubley, RN, CWCN • Margaret C.
Kugler, ACNP
• Kimberly Trepanier, PT, CWS |
The Pain of Sensory Loss and “Non-Compliance” |
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Etiology and Epidemiology
of Sensory Loss in the Diabetic Lower Extremity
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, FRCP |
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Surgical Treatment
of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy:
Indications and Timing: Controversy or Cure?
Ivica Ducic, MD, PhD |
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Decoding
the Patient’s Perspective:
Is It "Non-compliance", Denial, or Complex Psychology?
Mark Peyrot, PhD |
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Neuropathic Patients with Diabetes:
How
to Influence Behavior in the Overwhelmed
Pamela Scarborough, PT, MS, CDE |
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Panel Discussion |
Friday 28 September
Vascular
Intervention: Endovascular vs. Distal Bypass |
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Diabetic Vascular Disease: Past Misconceptions and Future Directions
Anton N. Sidawy, MD |
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Workup and Diagnostic Imaging:
The First Step in Limb Salvage
George Andros, MD |
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Surgical Revascularization:
Bypass Is Still the Gold Standard for Limb Salvage
Gary W. Gibbons, MD |
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Catheter-Based Revascularization:
The Revolution in Evolution?
Barry T. Katzen, MD |
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Panel Discussion |
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LIVE CASE: Subintimal
angioplasty and IVUS directed re-entry for superficial artery
occlusion with Heparin Bonded Endograft placement
Surgeon: David W. Deaton, MD
Moderator: Richard F. Neville, MD
Panel: George
Andros, MD • Gary W.
Gibbons, MD • Barry T. Katzen, MD • Michael
B. Silva Jr, MD |
Vascular
Intervention: Endovascular vs. Distal Bypass |
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Endovascular Techniques for
Limb Salvage: The Bypass is Dead!
Michael B. Silva Jr, MD |
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Innovative Revascularization Techniques:
Both Surgical and Endovascular Options Should Be Considered!
Richard F. Neville, MD |
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LIVE CASE: Percutaneous
Tendo-Achilles Lengthening & Bioengineered Living Tissue
Surgeon: John S. Steinberg, DPM • Moderator:
Christopher E. Attinger, MD
Panel: Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS • William
J. Ennis, DO, MBA •
Michael J. Mueller, PT, PhD • Lew C. Schon, MD |
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LIVE CASE: Hydro-Surgical
Debridement with Application of Collagen Matrix & Negative
Pressure
Surgeon: John
S. Steinberg, DPM • Moderator: Christopher E. Attinger,
MD
Panel: Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS • William J. Ennis,
DO, MBA •
Michael J. Mueller, PT, PhD • Lew C. Schon, MD |
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Georgetown Distinguished Achievement Award
in Diabetic Limb Salvage
Honoree: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MSc, PhD
Presented by Robert Goldberg |
BioMechanics
or BioMagic?
Tackling the Dilemmas of Foot Function |
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Has Achilles Lengthening
Made Plantar Forefoot Ulcer Care Obsolete:
Or Are We Just
Creating More Heel Ulcers?
Michael J. Mueller, PT, PhD |
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Orthotics
and Shoes:
Great Closet Fillers...But How Do We Get Them
on the Patient’s Foot?
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH |
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The Role of Prophylactic
Offloading Surgery in the Diabetic:
Safe or Sorry?
John S. Steinberg, DPM |
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LIVE CASE:
Distal Vein Patch with Prosthetic Bypass for Limb
Salvage
Surgeon: Richard F. Neville,
MD • Moderator: David W. Deaton, MD
Panel: George Andros, MD • Gary W. Gibbons, MD • Barry
T. Katzen, MD •
Anton N. Sidawy, MD • Michael B. Silva Jr, MD |
Salvaging
the “Unsalvageable” Foot and Ankle |
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LIVE CASE: Debridement
with Chopart Amputation & Achilles
Tenectomy
Surgeon: Christopher E. Attinger,
MD • Moderator: John S. Steinberg, DPM
Panel: Gary W. Gibbons, MD • Lawrence
A. Lavery, DPM, MPH •
Guido A. LaPorta, DPM • Anton N. Sidawy, MD
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LIVE
CASE: Hydro-Surgical Debridement with
Filet of Toe Flap & Collagen
Matrix Dressing
Surgeon: Christopher E. Attinger, MD • Moderator: John S.
Steinberg, DPM
Panel: Gary W. Gibbons, MD • Lawrence A. Lavery,
DPM, MPH •
Guido A. LaPorta, DPM • Anton N. Sidawy, MD
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Charcot Pathophysiology and Role for
Early Intervention:
Can We Really Change the Outcome?
Glenn M. Weinraub, DPM |
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Determining What
Charcot Deformities Are Salvageable:
A Bridge Too Far?
Guido LaPorta, DPM |
Saturday 29 September
6:00 - 7:00 BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM
The Effects of Low Frequency,
Non-contact, Non-thermal
Ultrasound on Wound Healing
William J. Ennis, DO, MBA • Kimberly
Trepanier, PT, CWS
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by an unrestricted educational grant from Celleration.
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The
Problem Wound: Turning Non-Healing into Healing |
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Going Up in Smoke:
The Effect of Smoking on Diabetic Ulcer Non-Healing
Caroline Fife, MD |
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Wound Dressings: Deciphering the Discord
Kara S. Couch, MS, CRNP |
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Infection vs. Inflammation:
Is There
a Difference and Does It Matter?
Gary Sibbald, MD |
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Microcirculation: The Push-Pull Theory
William J. Ennis, DO, MBA |
Wound
Based Infection:
Providing Effective Treatment and Avoiding
Complications |
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The
Science, the Debate, and the Evidence:
Is There a Role for
HBO in Limb Salvage?
Harriet W. Hopf, MD |
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How to Effectively Use Antibiotics
in Foot Amputations While Minimizing Complications:
Should the Antibiotics Stop When the Saw Comes Out?
Adolf W. Karchmer, MD |
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Biofilms and the Non-Healing Wound:
Why a Monothreapy-Based Approach Doesn't Work
Randall Wolcott, MD, PA
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A Rational Approach to Tight Glycemic
Control to Improve Wound Healing
Charles A. Reasner II, MD |
Preserving
Limb Length |
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How
to Determine the Appropriate Amputation Level the First Time
Around
Michael S. Pinzur, MD |
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Preserving Length: The Role of VAC
in Foot Amputations
Christopher E. Attinger, MD |
Can
It All Be Put Together? |
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The Business of Running a Wound Center
Moderators: Christopher E. Attinger, MD and John S. Steinberg, DPM
Panel: Charles G. Crone, BS, CP • William J. Ennis,
DO, MBA
Caroline Fife, MD • Joyce Johnson, RN, PhD
Maya Shawwa, MPA • Paul Warda • Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS |
Dr.
Christopher E. Attinger's Acceptance Speech for the
Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation Prevention at
DFCon07
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