MR Imaging of the Diabetic Foot

Approximately 60% of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations are performed on diabetic patients, with 85% of these preceded by foot ulcerations. In this jam-packed work about the various maladies suffered by long-term diabetics that can lead to “progressively extensive debridement,” Professor and Director of Musculoskeletal and General Diagnostic Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, William B. Morrison, MD shows the primary care physician as well as the student of radiology how best to use advanced imaging studies for diagnosis and therapy planning of infectious foot disease and neuropathic osteoarthropathy. Of particular importance is the fact that clinical diagnosis is extraordinarily difficult, and since many patients experience little pain during early stages of disease, this definitive guide helps the clinician choose the right modality – both from a clinical perspective as well as the most cost effective – to allow prophylactic measures likely to forestall neuropathic disease. An important work by a writer with an innate feel for the pen.


The “Radiology Guidance for Referring Physicians” series of ibooks offers practicing clinicians - both primary care doctors and specialists - a quick and easy reference to over 100 distinct conditions, and how state-of-the-art imaging should be employed within the context of diagnosis, preoperative staging and therapy monitoring. 


Authored by board certified radiologists who also teach at the finest medical schools in the U.S. and abroad, each ibook is presented in a clear and concise manner meant to be read in less than an hour, yet contains all the necessary information with which to base a decision on when to order advanced imaging studies for the particular disease process under review. 


The “Radiology Guidance for Referring Physicians” series of sub-specialty mini books offers doctors a way to access crucial information quickly as cases present in daily practice, without having to wade through large, (and expensive) comprehensive volumes.