As Joe Mills and I bounce emails back and forth between LAX and Japan, we stumbled upon another useful SALSAism term: Podagogue- pedantic generalizations and teachings made about ampuatation prevention and wound healing. This is the root of podagogy (noun).
SALSAism Entry: InTOEgration
Our latest SALSAism strikes at the sole of matter, so to speak: InTOEgration: living an interdisciplinary toe and flow lifestyle
SALSAism: Digitally Remastered
Howdy from Malvern, UK.We are writing up next year's DFCon meeting (DFCon.com) and we have a mutual SALSAism entry from George Andros and yours truly. Digital Remaster: A particularly complex foot reconstructionFor the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism Entry: ApopTOEsis
The hits keep on coming. ApopTOEsis: rather than "programmed cell death", we endeavor to have a program to prevent toe deathFor the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism Entry: In extensus dedo
As good Professor Mills and I worked on some of the editing of the upcoming JAPMA-JVS special issue on the diabetic foot, Mills hit on SALSAism gold:In Extensus Dedo: A dangerously prominent digit, prone to shoe gear irritation.This is definitely not bad podo-pedantics for a vascular surgeon. Wouldn't you agree? I say that, while there... Continue Reading →
SALSAism entry: Toepiary
The latest SALSAism entry comes from Joe Mills who has now coined our toe and flow clinic the "TOEpiary". Toepiary: a place where surgical irrigation meets surgical landscaping.For the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism entry: An Un-Met Need
This from SALSA program manager, Sandy Perry:Un-Met need: Someone who, by virtue of being afflicted with a neuropathic wound and profound deformity, requires a metatarsal head resection.For the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism entry: Toe and Tell
From Nick Giovinco:Toe & Tell: Getting a proper medical history from a patient with a diabetic foot complicationFor the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism entry: U.S. PUStal Service
US PUStal Service: Accepting a diabetic foot patient transfer from another facility.For the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
SALSAism entry: Hammertosis Fugax
For the complete (running) list of SALSAisms, click here.
