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Plantarisation – a Curable Cause of Diabetic Toe Ulcers
The concept of plantarisation describes a result of deformities. By clawing, twisting or overstretching joints, parts of the toes become a plantar contact surface that are not designed for this purpose. Ulcers are thus also created without high...
Medical Tales 3
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Medical Fairy Tales 2
Shoes are the Main Cause for Diabetic Foot Ulcers The persistence of misconceptions in medicine is amazing. Once they have found their way into literature, they are often quoted and exchanged again and again. Sometimes they seem plausible at first...
Medical Fairy Tales 1
Anterior Transverse Arch and Three-Point-Stand The persistence of errors that have once been included in the textbooks is hardly comprehensible. It is particularly grotesque if the simple observation of one's own body or of one's own...
Communication 3 – Alternatives to agreements incompatible with everyday life
Agreements about therapy that are impossible to be put into practice in everyday life and blaming the patient in the case of failure of this therapy are frequent with the DFS. Less experienced therapists often use the word ‘non-compliance’ to...
Communication 2 – ‘Guilt’ – a Road to Nowhere
The treatment of people affected by diabetic foot syndrome is at a very high level in many regions. General practitioners, specialists, hospitals and other experts take care of the affected patients. When the treatment team has done everything in...
Communication 1 – Unrealistic Agreements
When treating people affected by diabetic foot syndrome it seems to be quite common to agree on procedures that are nearly impossible to put action in everyday life. If the patient initially approved the agreement and later notices the...