Outpatient percutaneous flexor tenotomies for management of diabetic claw toe deformities with ulcers: A preliminary report

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Tamir, Eran ^a   McLaren, Ann Marie ^b   Gadgil, Anirudh ^c   Daniels, Timothy R ^d  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 40049100447     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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