11/10/2020    

STATE PODIATRY NEWS

SC Podiatrist Discusses Scope of Practice Gains 

 

According to Michael McCann, DPM, "The field of podiatry has made tremendous leaps and bounds over the past decade in the medical field. Podiatry is already becoming integrated into multiple level-one trauma health systems to assist in treating their patients. During my training, it wasn’t out of the ordinary to fixate an ankle fracture, surgically correct a flatfoot, and surgically close a diabetic foot wound/ulcer with a skin flap."

 

Dr. Michael McCann

 

"Last year, the South Carolina state legislature passed legislation to increase the scope of practice for podiatry, which now mirrors the states bordering South Carolina. The new scope of practice includes the ability to perform surgical intervention on bone and soft tissue structures in the rearfoot, including fixation of ankle arthritis through ankle arthroscopy or arthrodesis (fusion), fixation of ankle fractures, repair of Achilles tendon ruptures, and other rearfoot conditions," says Dr. McCann.

 

Source: SCNOW.com [11/7/20]