Prediction of healing for postoperative diabetic foot wounds based on early wound area progression

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-29

  Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,e   Barnes, Sunni A ^b   Keith, Michael S ^b   Seaman Jr , John W ^c   Armstrong, David G ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kinetic Concepts Inc   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Dr William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; DIABETIC FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38149124865     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1300     Document Type: Article

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