A case report of an effective treatment for diabetic foot ulcers with integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-364

  Xie, Xi Sheng ^a   Wang, Yu Jao ^a   Zuo, Chuan ^a   Fan, Jun Ming ^a   Li, Xiu Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cost; Diabetic foot; Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANISODAMINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CHINESE DRUG; GINSENG EXTRACT; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; MECOBALAMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUFUSHENGJI; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; RADIX CYATHULAE EXTRACT; RADIX GLYCIRRHIZAE EXTRACT; RADIX PSEUDOSTELLARIAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ANEMARRHENAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ATRACTYLODIS MACROCEPHALAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA DIOSCOREAE EXTRACT; SEMEN COICIS EXTRACT; TROXERUTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BOMBYX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GANGRENE; HEEL; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69349087148     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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