Nonremovable, windowed, fiberglass cast boot in the treatment of diabetic plantar ulcers : Efficacy, safety, and compliance

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2848-2852

  Ha Van, Georges ^a   Siney, Hubert ^b   Hartmann Heurtier, Agnes ^a   Jacqueminet, Sophie ^a   Greau, Françoise ^a   Grimaldi, André ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHOE; STANDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141781118     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.10.2848     Document Type: Article

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