Neale's Common Foot Disorders: Diagnosis and ManagementThis text is designed as a reference for students and professionals within podiatry and chiropody. Suitable for undergraduates, the book aims to help them pass exams and provides them with an overview of the scope of podiatry practice - the pathology and presenting features of the common conditions encountered, their diagnosis and management, and related therapeutics. The structure of the book makes it suitable for use both as a reference book and as a revision text. |
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... Suturing 344 Suturing equipment 346 Removal of sutures 346 Postoperative care 347 Choice of dressing 347 Medication 347 General principles of surgical practice A. J. Clark Dressings 347 Aftercare 347 Postoperative complications 348 ...
... Suturing 344 Suturing equipment 346 Removal of sutures 346 Postoperative care 347 Choice of dressing 347 Medication 347 General principles of surgical practice A. J. Clark Dressings 347 Aftercare 347 Postoperative complications 348 ...
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... suture is also important as it must allow for postoperative oedema . Excessive tension may lead to rupture of the suture . Sutures should coapt throughout the full depth of the wound , not only the superficial tissue , thus avoiding the ...
... suture is also important as it must allow for postoperative oedema . Excessive tension may lead to rupture of the suture . Sutures should coapt throughout the full depth of the wound , not only the superficial tissue , thus avoiding the ...
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... suture lengths . The practitioner must consider the particular qualities required from any suture material , including its tensile strength , its elasticity and plasticity , and the strength of the knot . Braided or multifilament sutures ...
... suture lengths . The practitioner must consider the particular qualities required from any suture material , including its tensile strength , its elasticity and plasticity , and the strength of the knot . Braided or multifilament sutures ...
Contents
Examination and assessment | 15 |
Radiological assessment for podiatrists | 33 |
The growing foot | 53 |
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