Minimum-incision Metatarsal Ray Resection: An Observational Case Series

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-54

  Roukis, Thomas S ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amputation; diabetes; limb salvage; minimally invasive surgery; ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INCISION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MELANOMA; METATARSAL BONE; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; METATARSAL RAY RESECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE GANGRENE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOOT; GANGRENE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 73049114408     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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