Outcome of severe diabetic foot ulcers after standardised management in a specialised unit: A cohort study

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 6 I, 2002, Pages 477-484

  Hartemann Heurtier, A ^a   Ha Van, G ^a   Danan, J P ^b   Koskas, F ^a   Jacqueminet, S ^a   Golmard, J L ^a   Grimaldi, A ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot ulcers; Healing time; Limb salvage rate

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036938009     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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