Dr. Brent Peck Nixon DPM
Podiatrist (Foot and Ankle Specialist) | Foot & Ankle Surgery
1670 Clairmont Rd 151-P Decatur GA, 30033About
Dr. Brent Nixon is a podiatrist practicing in Decatur, GA. Dr. Nixon is a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of the foot , ankle and related parts of the leg. As a podiatrist, Dr. Nixon diagnoses and treats conditions of the feet. The feet are key body parts that give a person stability, absorb shock, allow for walking and standing and are necessary for overall well-being. So, the feet need expert care. Podiatrists can specialize in surgery, wound care, sports medicine, diabetic care and pediatrics.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Continuous activity monitoring in persons at high risk for diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation.
- Use of clinical laboratory parameters to evaluate wound healing potential in diabetes mellitus.
- Outcomes of subatmospheric pressure dressing therapy on wounds of the diabetic foot.
- Maggot debridement therapy: a primer.
- How and why to surgically debride neuropathic diabetic foot wounds.
- Technique for fabrication of an "instant total-contact cast" for treatment of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers.
- The hazards of the holiday foot: persons at high risk for diabetic foot ulceration may be more active on holiday.
- Activity patterns of patients with diabetic foot ulceration: patients with active ulceration may not adhere to a standard pressure off-loading regimen.
- Clinical efficacy of the first metatarsophalangeal joint arthroplasty as a curative procedure for hallux interphalangeal joint wounds in patients with diabetes.
- Variability in activity may precede diabetic foot ulceration.
- It's not what you put on, but what you take off: techniques for debriding and off-loading the diabetic foot wound.
- Plantar pressure changes using a novel negative pressure wound therapy technique.
- Treatment of Freiberg's infraction with the titanium hemi-implant.
- Nonclostridial cellulitis with subcutaneous emphysema.
- Maggot therapy in "lower-extremity hospice" wound care: fewer amputations and more antibiotic-free days.
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