Syme ankle disarticulation in patients with diabetes

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1667-1672

  Pinzur, Michael S ^a   Stuck, Rodney M ^a   Sage, Ronald ^a   Hunt, Nathan ^a   Rabinovich, Zinoviy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYME ANKLE DISARTICULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141674960     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200309000-00003     Document Type: Article

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