The perils of procrastination: Effects of early vs. delayed detection and treatment of incipient Charcot fracture

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1707-1712

  Chantelau, E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcot foot; Diabetes; Neuropathy; Osteoarthropathy; Total contact cast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT FRACTURE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 30044450120     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01677.x     Document Type: Article

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