An off-the-shelf instant contact casting device for the management of diabetic foot ulcers: A randomized prospective trial versus traditional fiberglass cast

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 586-590

  Piaggesi, Alberto ^a,b   Macchiarini, Silvia ^a   Rizzo, Loredana ^a   Palumbo, Francesca ^a   Tedeschi, Anna ^a   Nobili, Laura Ambrosini ^a   Leporati, Elisa ^a   Scire, Vincenzo ^a   Teobaldi, Ilaria ^a   Del Prato, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIABETIC FOOT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT ULCER; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847676886     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1750     Document Type: Article

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