Mechanically assisted, delayed primary closure of diabetic foot wounds

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 483-488

  Armstrong, David G ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PODIATRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; UNITED STATES; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PODIATRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032185425     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-88-10-483     Document Type: Article

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