Midfoot ulcers treated with gastrocnemius-soleus recession

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 842-846

  Laborde, James M ^a,b  

^a Tulane University ^*

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius recession; Midfoot ulcer; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INCISION; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEEL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349145857     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0842     Document Type: Article

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