Spanish scientists publish research benchmark on anesthesia of the foot.
-research, fruit of several years of work, has enjoyed the support of the anatomy Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has been carried out by the clinic podiatric e. grandson of Logroño
-Thanks to this publication, health professionals have a guide that allows them to determine the exact points to numb the foot, with lower possible intrusion into the body and the proper dose of medicine
Logroño, 2011-October anesthesia of the foot. Diana points. This is called the most recent work coordinated by the Professor of the Department of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Dr. Alfonso RodrÃguez Baeza and Professor and director of training course of the Spanish Association of surgery of minimal incision (AEMIS), D. Eduardo Nieto GarcÃa.
The first International Congress of surgery of minimal incision of the foot and the XXII International Congress of the Mexican Federation of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, made in days in Madrid and Puebla, respectively, have recognized the depth and relevance of this research. In the words of Carmen Naranjo Ruiz, President of Association Spanish of surgery of minimal incision foot, they have done a thorough job to give scientific consistency to the purely anatomical description of the innervation of the leg and foot, and so they have combined with the clinical practice of anaesthetic procedures of the foot”.
The work, published by Editorial gloss, is available in Spanish and English both paper and e-book, with the aim of facilitating their access to any person interested in the topic. In addition to the scientific rigor and pedagogical character of each chapter, the publication highlights 96 real pictures and of excellent quality, that allow appreciate each one of the procedures explained in detail.
At work they have participated in total eight researchers and doctors a. RodrÃguez e. Nieto as directors and collaborators Elena Nieto, Leonor Ramirez and Ãngel Romo of the clinic podiatric e. grandson of Logroño, and Ana MarÃa González, Marisa Ortega and Manel Querol of the Department of Ciències Morfològiques of the Faculty of Medicine of the University Autònoma de Barcelona.
Some data can help citizens understand the importance and need to care for our feet:
about 70% of Spaniards suffers from a problem in the foot.
25% Of the bones of the body are in feet, which allows to understand its complexity. A person walking 3 – 4 km on the day, when attains 70 years there will be walked about 90,000 km
