Safety and effectiveness of flexor tenotomies to heal toe ulcers in persons with diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-226

  Kearney, Tyler P ^a   Hunt, Nathan A ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Claw toe; Diabetes; Hammertoe; Tendon release; Tenotomy; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TOE ULCER; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 77955416231     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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