This reference for both students and practicing podiatrists provides a guide to the variety of knowledge required in foot and ankle care. Coverage includes: changes in legislation, available injectable drugs and their functions, nerve physiology, equipment, background information, and a step-by-step guide to injection techniques. A DVD also is included as a supplement to the text. Numerous photographs are included, and the book is in a binder for quick and easy reference. Authors are Metcalfe (FPodA, FCPodS) and Reilly (FCPodS, DMS). Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foot and Ankle Injection Therapies provides the student and practising podiatrist with all they need to understand when, how and what to inject.
To support the clinician and student, the text covers:
Changes in legislation
The full range of injectable drugs available to the practitioner
Essential information on nerve physiology, drug action, equipment, patient selection, injection techniques and many other topics.
A Step-by-step guide to injection techniques
Useful background information in introductory chapters
DVD with video clips to supplement the text
Foot and Ankle Injection Therapies is designed with a lie-flat binding for ease of reference in the clinic. It contains many photographs and clear colour line illustrations of the techniques and underlying anatomy. Introductory chapters give useful background information, and the accompanying CD contains video clips to supplement the text.
Edited by two highly respected podiatric surgeons and with contributions from other experts, Foot and Ankle Injection Therapies is a book no student or practitioner will want to be without.