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I have noticed that these comprehensive textbooks are authoritative MUST HAVEs for every podiatrist in their personal library:

1) Podiatric Gross Anatomy: SERRAFIAN

2) Podiatric Biomechanics: VALMASSY and 2 volumes of ROOT

3) Podiatric Surgery: a) KAUFFMAN AND MANN, b) MCGLAMERY, c) CHANG

But how about for: a) Podiatric Radiology? (CHRISTMAN text maybe???)
b) Podopediatrics?
c) Podiatric Dermatopathology?
d) Podiatric Practice Management?

Thank you very much.
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The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist.
 
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PADPM said:
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist.
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There is also "The Nose Book" by Dr Seuss. For those allopath and osteopath med students asking about authoritative textbooks for ontolaryngology (aka ENT).
 
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Ankle Breaker said:
As far as I am aware the Christman book is the gold standard for podiatric radiology.

Dr. Brad Bakotic should write a dermatopathology book being that he is a DO/DPM and it works a dermatopathologist and is extremely well known within the podiatry profession. Here at Scholl we are very lucky to have him be our guest Dermatology lecturer this year. The guy has been flying to N.Chicago from Atlanta on his own dollar every Monday to lecture to our class. It's been a privilege to listen and learn from him. His notes are extremely dense though!
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Dr. Lemont, Dr. Bakotic, and Dr. Vlahovic should collaborate to publish a Podiatric Dermatopathology book. They are the three preeminent podiatric dermatopathologists right now. It is a book HIGHLY in need since podiatric dermatology is extremely common in private practice.

Ok, I guess Christman text is the text for podiatric radiology. I am assuming ALL the podiatry schools in the country use his textbook for their Podiatric Radiology course.

There is a text published in 2001 called "Introduction to Podopediatrics" by a podiatrist in England named Peter Thomson.
 
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Kidsfeet said:
Podopeds:
http://books.google.com/books?id=f3...ook_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA

http://www.amazon.com/Drennans-Childs-Ankle-James-McCarthy/dp/0781778476

http://www.epodiatry.com/tachdjians.asp

Podiatric Derm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...evancerank&field-author=harvey+lemont&x=0&y=0

Bryan Markinson is also at the forefront of Podiatric Dermatology. He and Dr. Vlahovic lecture for guess who? Bako Labs!!! Coincidence?? Nope.

The BEST all around Derm book is this one imo:

http://www.amazon.com/Fitzpatricks-Color-Synopsis-Clinical-Dermatology/dp/0071440194
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Thank you very much Kidsfeet.

HMMMM??? Markinson, Bakotic, Lemont, and Vlahovic collaborate together to publish a new Podiatric Dermatopathology text? That would be very awesome! I hope it happens in the future.
 
DPMer said:
Thank you very much Kidsfeet.

HMMMM??? Markinson, Bakotic, Lemont, and Vlahovic collaborate together to publish a new Podiatric Dermatopathology text? That would be very awesome! I hope it happens in the future.
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You're very welcome!

Textbooks will soon be a thing of the past. With the abundant information available on the internet, the time, effort and very little return on these types of books makes it easier to just look things up online. Cheaper too!
 
DPMer said:
Dr. Lemont, Dr. Bakotic, and Dr. Vlahovic should collaborate to publish a Podiatric Dermatopathology book. They are the three preeminent podiatric dermatopathologists right now. It is a book HIGHLY in need since podiatric dermatology is extremely common in private practice.

Ok, I guess Christman text is the text for podiatric radiology. I am assuming ALL the podiatry schools in the country use his textbook for their Podiatric Radiology course.

There is a text published in 2001 called "Introduction to Podopediatrics" by a podiatrist in England named Peter Thomson.
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Not to be "picky", but I'm not sure Dr. Vlahovic qualifies to be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Yes, she does lecture and specialize in dermatology, but I'm not sure she could be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Dr. Lemont does have special training in pathology and Dr. Bakotic also has a D.O. degree with a dermatology residency and fellowship in dermatopathology. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I also agree with Kidsfeet regarding Bryan Markinson who has an excellent reputation with a great knowledge of "podiatric" dermatology. Additionally, Dr. Gary Dockery has been around a long time and has published excellent books and many articles on this topic.
 
PADPM said:
Not to be "picky", but I'm not sure Dr. Vlahovic qualifies to be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Yes, she does lecture and specialize in dermatology, but I'm not sure she could be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Dr. Lemont does have special training in pathology and Dr. Bakotic also has a D.O. degree with a dermatology residency and fellowship in dermatopathology. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I also agree with Kidsfeet regarding Bryan Markinson who has an excellent reputation with a great knowledge of "podiatric" dermatology. Additionally, Dr. Gary Dockery has been around a long time and has published excellent books and many articles on this topic.
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OK. Just leave it at "Podiatric Dermatology" to make it more all inclusive then. I heard that Dr Vlahovic did a fellowship in dermatology after podiatric residency, one of the rare derm fellowships for podiatry at the time.
 
PADPM said:
Not to be "picky", but I'm not sure Dr. Vlahovic qualifies to be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Yes, she does lecture and specialize in dermatology, but I'm not sure she could be called a podiatric dermatopathologist. Dr. Lemont does have special training in pathology and Dr. Bakotic also has a D.O. degree with a dermatology residency and fellowship in dermatopathology. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I also agree with Kidsfeet regarding Bryan Markinson who has an excellent reputation with a great knowledge of "podiatric" dermatology. Additionally, Dr. Gary Dockery has been around a long time and has published excellent books and many articles on this topic.
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Thanks PADPM for mentioning Dr Dockery. He published a nice book titled "Color Atlas of Foot and Ankle Dermatology" back in 1999. And another textbook titled "Cutaneous Disorders of the Lower Extremity" back in 1997. It looks like these 2 books are very useful even today for podiatric residency and for private practice.
 
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For pod surgery, you want Myerson, Chang, Coughlin & Mann, Sig Hansen, McGlamry (will be better with new edition, but anat doesn't change).
Coughlin & McGlamry are more of your A-to-Z books with every way of treating every pathology. Myerson and Chang are solid in that they have a lot of pics of the dissections and show the author's preferred techniques. Hansen's book is just great for the thought process of the pathologies + the anatomic approaches, and I really like his rationale on a lot of things... some of the operative technique descriptions are a bit outdated now that we use mostly cannulated screws for mid/rearfoot, though. The new Easley book is one I have but haven't gotten to reading much... the reviews I've heard from other residents is that it's fairly marginal. Coetzee's book on ankle scopes and arthritis is also one from a good author that has nice potential and I will probably buy soon. In their presently available forms, I'd probably rank em Myerson > Chang > Hansen > Coughlin > McGlamry, but that's JMO.

Zgonis DM surg text or Dockery's F&A plastics books have some good info on DM limb salvage techniques.

...Surg is a very visual subject, and for videos, try footinnovate.com, ACFAS, Myerson book CD, Coughlin & Mann text CDs, the PI videos, GTEF, etc. I'd say videos (in conjunction with texts focused on technique) will prob be your preferred way of learning once you actually start doing an appreciable amount of surg.
 
Feli said:
... some of the operative technique descriptions are a bit outdated now that we use mostly cannulated screws for mid/rearfoot, though.
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This is the big issue with textbooks. It takes a few years to get them written and published and now you're paying a bunch of money for an outdated text. Unfortunately, there is no way around technology in that regard.

When Dr. Joseph's first or second edition of his Lower extremity ID book (the red one) came it, it talked about Trovan as the latest and greatest. By the time it came out, Trovan had already been taken off the market.

I've been curious about this for awhile now. Are text books still relevant?? Thoughts?
 
Kidsfeet said:
This is the big issue with textbooks. It takes a few years to get them written and published and now you're paying a bunch of money for an outdated text. Unfortunately, there is no way around technology in that regard.

When Dr. Joseph's first or second edition of his Lower extremity ID book (the red one) came it, it talked about Trovan as the latest and greatest. By the time it came out, Trovan had already been taken off the market.

I've been curious about this for awhile now. Are text books still relevant?? Thoughts?
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Yes and no. Surgical techniques and technology changes on a regular basis, though there are surgical principles that remain unchanged and some procedures that are "classic".

Dermatology is a different story. Although new treatments may become available, the actual skin diseases and conditions remain relatively unchanged, and an atlas of those disorders does not go out of date as a general rule.
 
PADPM said:
Yes and no. Surgical techniques and technology changes on a regular basis, though there are surgical principles that remain unchanged and some procedures that are "classic".

Dermatology is a different story. Although new treatments may become available, the actual skin diseases and conditions remain relatively unchanged, and an atlas of those disorders does not go out of date as a general rule.
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Someone I know very well has been considering starting the process to pen a Podopeds textbook. Do you think there is still place for such a thing in today's internet information explosion?
 
Kidsfeet said:
Someone I know very well has been considering starting the process to pen a Podopeds textbook. Do you think there is still place for such a thing in today's internet information explosion?
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Maybe. I'm just not sure that there is that huge a market for the book. As you previously stated, often by the time textbooks actually are released, some of the information isn't quite "up to date" or cutting edge. Although as I stated previously, many treatment principles remain the same and the etiology of the pathology remains the same, cutting edge treatment options are often not available in textbooks.

Textbooks are great for a good basic foundation. I personally prefer journals and up to date literature, though I do refer back to textbooks once in a while. Especially when I'm brushing up on the Kreb's cycle.:laugh:
 
What about Dockery/Crawford-Lower Extremity Soft Tissue and Cutaneous Plastic Surgery? Good pictures and pretty easy to read.
 
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