Closure of Major Diabetic Foot Wounds and Defects with External Fixation

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-528

  Oznur, Ali ^a   Zgonis, Thomas ^b  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT SURGERY; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG LENGTHENING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

DIABETIC FOOT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOOT; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE;

EID: 34347225894     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2007.03.013     Document Type: Review

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