A comparative study between total contact casting and conventional dressings in the non-surgical management of diabetic plantar foot ulcers

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ganguly, Suparno ^a   Chakraborty, Koustubh ^a   Mandal, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Ballav, Ambar ^a   Choudhury, Subhankar ^a,b   Bagchi, Subrata ^a,b   Mukherjee, Satinath ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Endrocrinology ^*

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetic neuropathy; Foot ulcers; Total contact casting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLANTAR ULCER; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 49149108595     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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