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Table 1 Podiatric interventions

From: Effect of contact with podiatry in a team approach context on diabetic foot ulcer and lower extremity amputation: systematic review and meta-analysis

Categories

[16, 27]

Examples of podiatric interventions

Preventive strategies

- Stratification of the population risk

- Program for vulnerable populations

- Pedorthic evaluation

Educational strategies

- Program for self-management and support for self-management

- Personal hygiene education

Foot cares strategies

- Callus management

- Nail management

Offloading strategies

- Orthoses

- Management with shoes

- Walking aids

- Immobilisation

Infection control and wound care strategies

- Specialised wound dressing

- Infection algorithm

- Biofilm-based wound care

- Advanced adjuvant therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure therapy, etc.

Surgical strategies

- Surgical debridement

- Correction of bone deformities

- Tissue engineering and grafts

Other strategies from podiatric expertise

- Pharmacology

- Radiology