Microsurgical Management of the Diabetic Foot

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 543-553

  Rainer, Christian ^a,b   Schwabegger, Anton H ^b   Meirer, Romed ^b   Perkmann, Reinhold ^b   Ninkovic, Marina ^b   Ninkovic, Milomir ^b  

^a Leopold Franzens University ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Microsurgery; Steal phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; BONE RESECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348010232     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815641     Document Type: Review

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