A case report of the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers using a sodium hyaluronate and iodine complex

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-147

  Sobotka, Lubos ^a   Smahelova, Alena ^a   Pastorova, Jana ^a   Kusalova, Marie ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot disease; Hyaluronain; Infection; Ischemia; Wounds

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGED; BANDAGES; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548119546     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734607304684     Document Type: Article

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