Toms River, NJ – As the longest highway in the state of New Jersey, the Garden State Parkway is truly a destination route despite its being defined as a “limited access” thruway. When traveling north from the southernmost point, the highway provides access to the state’s multiple (and popular) shore points, including Wildwood, Stone Harbor,…
A patient “handoff,” or the “sign-out” process, is an episode during which the responsibility of a patient transitions from one health-care provider to another. These are important events that affect patient safety, particularly because a significant proportion of adverse events have been associated with a relative lack of physician communication. The objective of this investigation…
One relatively universal functional goal after major lower-limb amputation is ambulation in a prosthesis. This retrospective, observational investigation sought to 1) determine what percentage of patients successfully walked in a prosthesis within 1 year after major limb amputation and 2) assess which patient factors might be associated with ambulation at an urban US tertiary-care hospital.
Intra-articular fractures involving the ankle joint complex may be associated with significant patient morbidity, particularly if involving disruption and instability of the syndesmotic ligaments. Although this has been relatively well-established within the literature with respect to rotational ankle fractures [1,2], the association and impact of syndesmoticdisruption and malreduction on intra-articular tibial plafond fractures (i.e. pilon…
About Michael Plishchuk, D.P.M. Dr. Plishchuk is a graduate of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia. His residency was served at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals in Stratford, Cherry Hill and Turnersville, New Jersey. Dr. Plishchuk has worked with patients at some of the most prestigious and well respected medical facilities in the area…
Robin Lenz, DPM Rene Kafka, DPM Kevin Jules, DPM Bradley W. Bakotic, DPM, DO Superficial acral fibromyxoma is a benign and slow-growing solitary soft-tissue neoplasm. Since being described in 2001, more than 100 cases of superficial acral fibromyxoma on the foot have been reported worldwide, none of which have been reported in the podiatric medical…
Wound Care Institute to participate in new clinical trial, sponsored by Factor Therapeutics, Ltd., for those suffering from chronic venous leg ulcers. TOMS RIVER, NJ – Dr. Matthew Regulski, D.P.M., the Director of the Wound Care Institute of Ocean County, announces a new clinical trial for those suffering from chronic venous leg ulcers. Those interested…
Cellular Senescence; What, Why and How All age-related chronic diseases may be caused in part by convergence of the basic aging mechanisms that underlie age-related tissue dysfunction, including chronic “sterile” (not pathogen-associated) inflammation, macromolecular damage, progenitor cell dysfunction, and cellular senescence (1). In the past decade, cellular senescence has emerged as a possible cause of…
Background: Resection of the medial eminence in hallux valgus surgery is common. True hypertrophy of the medial eminence in hallux valgus is debated. No studies have compared metatarsal head width in patients with hallux valgus and control patients. Methods: We reviewed 43 radiographs with hallux valgus and 27 without hallux valgus. We measured medial eminence…
Dr. Felicetta’s Toms River practice will become OCFASA’s fourth office. TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Foot and Ankle Surgical Associates, P.C. has announced that Dr. Michael Felicetta, a Toms River-based foot and ankle specialist, will merge his practice with their organization. Dr. Felicetta has over 38 years of experience in general podiatry and diabetic…