Categories | Examples of podiatric interventions |
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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 |