An analysis of iatrogenic complications from the total contact cast

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 903-907

  Guyton, Gregory P ^a,b  

^a Union Memorial Hospital ^*

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Contact Cast; Diabetic Foot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT PAIN; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 27644447670     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502601101     Document Type: Article

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