Courtesty Podiatry Today ENEWS 

Secrets To Facilitating Patient Adherence
By Kathleen Satterfield, DPMChances are you have seen a fair number of patients who have not followed their treatment regimens no matter how clear the instructions you provided to them. This author offers an understanding of factors that lead to non-compliance, whether diabetes changes the picture and how you can overcome a patient’s lack of adherence.

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How To Maximize Patient Outcomes With DME
By William N. McCann, DPM

In this thorough review of commonly utilized durable medical equipment (DME), this author offers keen insights on incorporating these items into the treatment of common podiatric conditions and shares key coding pearls to help facilitate proper reimbursement.

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Can Alternative Fixation Foster Better Outcomes With The Akin Osteotomy?
By Anthony Weinert, DPM, Ali Elkhalil, DPM, and Ahmad Farah, DPM

Practitioners have described various osteotomies for the proximal hallux. However, the Akin closing wedge osteotomy is currently the most common procedure. Podiatric surgeons commonly employ the transverse plane closing wedge osteotomy for the correction of hallux abductus interphalangous deformity. One may also use this as an additional procedure for the correction of hallux abductovalgus deformity.

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