Validation of a diabetic foot surgery classification

International Wound Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Armstrong, David G ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^b   Frykberg, Robert G ^c   Wu, Stephanie C ^a   Boulton, Andrew J M ^c,d  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Classification; Risk; Surgery; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33748900412     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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