Improvement in healing with aggressive edema reduction after debridement of foot infection in persons with diabetes

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1405-1409

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Hienvu C ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033637866     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.12.1405     Document Type: Article

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