Volume 5, Issue 9 

Leading Authors Criticize Surgical Decompression For Diabetic Neuropathy
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor

While some have touted surgical decompression as a possible treatment option for diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DPN), authors of a recent Diabetes Care commentary have challenged the validity of this procedure, calling it an unproven modality based on flawed hypotheses.
 


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How To Manage Isolated Lateral Column Pain
By Thomas J. Chang, DPM

Given the sparse literature on treating isolated lateral column pain, this author reviews lateral column pathologies, discusses conservative care approaches and offers pearls from his experience in performing isolated calcaneocuboid joint fusions.

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Islet Cell Transplantation: Can It Facilitate Insulin Independence?
By Jessica Kaylor, BA, and John S. Steinberg, DPM Do islet cells hold promise in treating diabetes? Islet cells are groupings of hormone-secreting cells in the pancreas that are responsible for several endocrine functions including the production of insulin. Pancreatic islets contain four different types of cells including: insulin-producing beta cells, glucagon-releasing alpha cells, somatostatin-producing delta cells and cells that contain polypeptides (PP cells). Each individual islet contains approximately 1,000 of these four types of cells.

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