Salvage of the First Ray With External Fixation in the High-Risk Patient

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-213

  Schweinberger, Monica H ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic foot ulceration; external fixation; first ray salvage; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449700132     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640008318179.     Document Type: Article

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