Neuropathic plantar forefoot ulcers treated with tendon lengthenings

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Laborde, James Monroe ^a,b  

^a Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans ^*

^b New Orleans Nephrology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot ulcer; Tendon lengthening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREFOOT; GANGRENE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCISION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NEUROPATHY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLANTAR ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41549112979     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0378     Document Type: Article

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