Light therapy and advanced wound care for a neuropathic plantar ulcer on a charcot foot

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-115

  Sutterfield, Retta ^a,b  

^a Christian Hospital NE ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACEL; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SHOE; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; BANDAGES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SHOES; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38349056831     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WON.0000308628.60958.d9     Document Type: Article

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