Ankle Fractures in Diabetics

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 849-863

  Prisk, Victor R ^a   Wukich, Dane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ANKLE INJURIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750800844     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2006.06.013     Document Type: Review

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