Forefoot amputation with limb revascularization: The effects of amputation, timing, and wound closure on the peripheral vascular bypass graft site

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 690-694

  Steel, Maxwell W ^a   DeOrio, James K ^a,b  

^a Box 3332 ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed primary closure; Limb salvage; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; GANGRENE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34249800661     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0690     Document Type: Article

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