Complications encountered with circular ring fixation in persons with diabetes mellitus

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 994-1000

  Wukich, Dane K ^a,b,e   Belczyk, Ronald J ^a,b   Burns, Patrick R ^a,b,c   Frykberg, Robert G ^a,d,e  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE MALFORMATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 53649087839     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0994     Document Type: Article

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