What complications can arise from bone infections caused by foot surgery?
Foot or podiatric surgery is typically thought of as a relatively minor process. While most foot surgeries will involve an outpatient procedure and a fairly quick recovery time, sometimes podiatric surgeries go horribly wrong. One recognized complication of podiatric surgery is osteomyelitis...
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Common Problems in Podiatric Surgery
Podiatric surgery can correct a variety of problems and conditions that can be very painful and debilitating. However, when a podiatric surgeon makes an error or is negligent, a surgical procedure could result in lifelong pain and impairments. Some of the things that go wrong during podiatric surgery are beyond the surgeon’s...
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Common Types of Podiatry Malpractice
While everyone makes mistakes, when doctors and dentists make serious mistakes as a result of inattention or negligence, or (heaven forbid) perform unnecessary surgery out of simple greed, the cost in physical pain, mental anguish, and financial loss to their patients is tremendous. Podiatrists, who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of the...
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Reading Hospital Analyzes Diabetic Foot Care
The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (www.japmaonline.org) recently published an article describing a study by the podiatry department at the Reading Hospital in Pennsylvania (March/April 2019 - Vol. 109, No. 2) analyzing YouTube videos on diabetic foot care. The authors of “Analysis of YouTube as...
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When Does a Podiatry Mistake Become Malpractice?
If you have suffered an injury or worsened condition that you believe was the result of a podiatrist’s negligence, you should contact a highly qualified podiatry malpractice attorney. Medical malpractice laws are complicated to begin with and medical malpractice can be difficult to prove. It is...
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Make Sure Your Podiatrist Is Well-Informed About Diabetes
Why Every Podiatrist Must Be Well-Informed About Diabetes
Most of us need to visit a podiatrist on occasion, perhapingowns because we have a severe case of athlete’s foot, or are experiencing the sudden-onset pain of plantar fasciitis. If you have diabetes, however, it is crucial that you make professional foot care part of...
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Simple Foot Pain Solutions Your Podiatrist May Not Tell You About
Simple Foot Pain Solutions Your Podiatrist May Not Tell You About
While most of us sometimes have sore or aching feet, few of us realize that we could be playing a major role in our own discomfort. While we may surmise that we are genetically predisposed to flat feet or bunions by observing our parents’...
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Veterans in Indiana File a Class-Action Lawsuit for Podiatric Malpractice
Among the other major healthcare problems this country faces, we should include medical malpractice. It is especially disturbing to find that veterans are often offered less efficient and less effective care than most civilians. A horrifying example of medical ineptitude was uncovered at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. In this case, 44...
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Exploring the Podiatric Malpractice Case of Seabrook vs. Katz, DPM
Can a podiatrist be held legally accountable for causing a foot deformity?
Recently, the podiatric malpractice case of Seabrook v. Katz, DPM, went to trial in New York. In this case, the plaintiff, Patricia Seabrook, claimed that the defendant podiatrist inflicted foot deformities and pain while attempting to treat...
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When Bunion Surgery Goes Wrong
What are the causes of failed bunion surgeries?
A hallux valgus, more commonly known as a bunion, is a bump that forms near the base of your big toe. Bunions can occur when the big toe pushes against the toe next in line, causing the joint of the big toe to become larger...
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