Total contact casting of the diabetic foot in daily practice: A prospective follow-up study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Nabuurs Franssen, Marrigje H ^a   Sleegers, Ron ^a   Huijberts, Maya S P ^a   Wijnen, Wiel ^a   Sanders, Antal P ^a   Walenkamp, Geert ^a   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTER CAST; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 12844283842     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.243     Document Type: Article

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