UMass Emergency Medicine

Lecture

Donald Pelto, DPM

Central Massachusetts Podiatry, PC

Worcester, MA

Ingrown Toenails

How not to treat ingrown nail

Heidelbaugh, Joel J, and

Hobart Lee. "Management of

the ingrown toenail."

American family physician

79.4 (2009): 303-308.

Ingrown Nail Questions

• Do all ingrown nails need antibiotics?

• When to remove part or whole nail?

• When do you need an x-ray?

• Infection?

Heel Pain

• Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendonitis,

Haglund's Deformity

Thomas, James L et al. "The

diagnosis and treatment of

heel pain." Journal of Foot and

Ankle Surgery 40.5 (2001):

329-340.

Stress Fracture,

Metatarsalgia,

Capsulitis, Neuroma

Ashman, Carol J, Rosemary J

Klecker, and S Yu Joseph.

"Forefoot Pain Involving the

Metatarsal Region: Differential

Diagnosis with MR Imaging1."

Radiographics 21.6 (2001):

1425-1440.

Wart or Corn

Cockayne, E Sarah. "The

EVERT (effective verruca

treatments) trial protocol: a

randomised controlled trial to

evaluate cryotherapy versus

salicylic acid for the

treatment of verrucae." Trials

11.1 (2010): 12.

Ulcers vs Calluses

• Do these hurt?

Singh, Nalini, David G Armstrong, and

Benjamin A Lipsky. "Preventing foot

ulcers in patients with diabetes." JAMA:

the journal of the American Medical

Association 293.2 (2005): 217-228.

CharcotFrykberg, Robert G et al. "Diabetic

foot disorders. A clinical practice

guideline (2006 revision)." The

Journal of foot and ankle surgery:

official publication of the American

College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

45.5 Suppl (2006): S1.

To Learn More Visit

Foot Pain Toolkit

Donald Pelto, DPM

don@worcesterfootcare.com

(508) 757-4003