Spontaneous calcaneal fracture after deep heel burns with diabetes

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 683-686

  Matsumura, Hajime ^a,b   Jimbo, Yoshio ^b   Kato, Takeo ^b   Imai, Susumu ^b  

^a Tokyo Medical University School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burns; Calcaneus; Diabetes mellitus; Spontaneous fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CALCANEUS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE;

AGED; BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032215470     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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