title: Common foot problems.
abstract: The foot is a complex region of the body that includes the vascular, neurologic, dermatologic, and musculoskeletal organ systems. This article addresses each of these systems and the common maladies that affect them, with a view toward common presentations, evaluation, differential diagnoses, treatment alternatives, and guidelines for proper referral. Finally, a section of the article is devoted to the prevention and treatment of lower extremity problems unique to patients with diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopedic Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, California, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000628:therapy; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy