The use of a dermal substitute to preserve maximal foot length in diabetic foot wounds with tendon and bone exposure following urgent surgical debridement for acute infection

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-183

  Clerici, Giacomo ^a   Caminiti, Maurizio ^a   Curci, Vincenzo ^a   Quarantiello, Antonella ^a   Faglia, Ezio ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermal substitute; Diabetic foot infection; Foot length; Minor amputation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TENDON; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AMPUTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; INTEGRA ARTIFICIAL SKIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMPUTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77952696408     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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