Toe amputation in the diabetic patient

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 546-547

  Kerstein, Morris D ^a   Welter, Vincent ^a   Gahtan, Vivian ^a   Roberts, Andrew B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG COST; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030924127     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90126-4     Document Type: Article

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